intersect

== English == === Etymology === From Latin intersecare (“to cut between, cut off”), from inter (“between”) + secare (“to cut”). === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ɪntəˈsɛkt/ (General American) IPA(key): /ɪntɚˈsɛkt/ Rhymes: -ɛkt === Verb === intersect (third-person singular simple present intersects, present participle intersecting, simple past and past participle intersected) (ambitransitive) To cut into or between; to cut or cross mutually; to divide into parts. (mathematics) Of two sets, to have at least one element in common. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Further reading === “intersect”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “intersect”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC. “intersect”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.