English Online Dictionary. What means intersection? What does intersection mean?
English
Etymology
From Middle French intersection, from Latin intersectiō.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɪntəɹˌsɛkʃən/, /ˌɪntəɹˈsɛkʃən/
Noun
intersection (plural intersections)
- The junction of two (or more) paths, streets, highways, or other thoroughfares.
- Any overlap, confluence, or crossover.
- (geometry) The point or set of points common to two geometrical objects (such as the point where two lines meet or the line where two planes intersect).
- (set theory) The set containing all the elements that are common to two or more sets.
- (sports) The element where two or more straight lines of synchronized skaters pass through each other.[1]
- (category theory) The pullback of a corner of monics.
Synonyms
- (junction of paths): crossroads
Derived terms
Related terms
Translations
See also
- corner
- crossroad, crossroads
- junction
- overlap
- union
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French
Pronunciation
Noun
intersection f (plural intersections)
- intersection
Further reading
- “intersection”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.