 3 definitions found
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
intersection
noun
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}, {cartesian 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)
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Intersection \In'ter*sec"tion\, noun [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 Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
102 Moby Thesaurus words for "intersection":
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
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