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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

INTERSEC'TION, n. [L. intersectio.] The act or state of intersecting.
1. The point or line in which two lines or two planes cut each other.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: a point where lines intersect [syn: intersection, intersection point, point of intersection]
2: a junction where one street or road crosses another [syn: intersection, 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: intersection, product, Cartesian product]
5: a representation of common ground between theories or phenomena; "there was no overlap between their proposals" [syn: overlap, convergence, intersection]
6: the act of intersecting (as joining by causing your path to intersect your target's path)

Merriam Webster's

noun Date: 1559 1. the act or process of intersecting 2. a place or area where two or more things (as streets) intersect 3. a. the set of elements common to two or more sets; especially the set of points common to two geometric configurations b. the operation of finding the intersection of two or more sets

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. 1 the act of intersecting. 2 a place where two roads intersect. 3 a point or line common to lines or planes that intersect. Derivatives: intersectional adj. Etymology: L intersectio (as INTERSECT)

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(intersections) An intersection is a place where roads or other lines meet or cross. ...at the intersection of two main canals. ...a busy highway intersection. = junction N-COUNT: oft N of/with n

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

n. Crossing.

Moby Thesaurus

access, accord, accordance, affinity, agreement, aisle, alley, ambulatory, aperture, arcade, artery, assent, avenue, carrefour, channel, chiasma, chorus, cloister, cloverleaf, coherence, coincidence, colonnade, communication, compatibility, concert, concord, concordance, conduit, conformance, conformation, conformity, congeniality, congruence, congruency, congruity, connection, consistency, consonance, consort, cooperation, correspondence, corridor, covered way, cross section, crossing, crosspoint, crossroad, crosswalk, crossway, cruciation, decussation, defile, equivalence, exit, ferry, flyover, ford, gallery, grade crossing, harmony, inlet, interchange, intercrossing, intersecting, junction, lane, level crossing, oneness, opening, outlet, overcrossing, overlap, overpass, parallelism, pass, passage, passageway, peace, portico, railroad tunnel, rapport, rotary, self-consistency, symmetry, sync, synchronism, tally, timing, traffic circle, traject, trajet, transection, transversion, traversal, tunnel, undercrossing, underpass, uniformity, union, unison, unisonance, viaduct