Hypertext Webster Gateway: "intersection"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Intersection \In`ter*sec"tion\, n. [L. intersectio: cf. F.
intersection.]
1. The act, state, or place of intersecting.
2. (Geom.) The point or line in which one line or surface
cuts another.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
intersection
n 1: a point where lines intersect [syn: {intersection point}, {point
of intersection}]
2: a junction where one street or road crosses another [syn: {crossroad},
{crossway}, {crossing}, {carrefour}]
3: a point or set of points common to two or more geometric
configurations
4: the set of elements common to two or more sets; "the set of
red hats is the intersection of the set of hats and the
set of red things" [syn: {product}]
5: a representation of common ground between theories or
phenomena; "there was no overlap between their proposals"
[syn: {overlap}, {convergence}]
6: the act of intersecting (as joining by causing your path to
intersect your target's path)
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