intersecting
- adjective
- /ˌɪntərˈsɛktɪŋ/
- The road has several intersecting paths that create a complex network for traffic.
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Watch on YouTubeWe try to pick things that have these three intersecting aspects to them.
- We try to pick things that have these three intersecting aspects to them.
- There's all sorts of really interesting intersecting issues that we're going to explore.
- What is my role in being more accountable to these systems of intersecting oppression?
- The horror, the heroism, the twisted machines, the courage and the cowardice Lives, changing, intersecting and ending, all in a single climactic moment.
- You have intersecting circles and you can make a great deal of a huge number of inferences just from that diagram.
Examples
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Remember that when you have two lines, they must be either parallel, intersecting, or skew.
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Masons built intersecting walkways, pools and channels of water to weave through the lush greenery.
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So I'm starting with three intersecting lines and a second one here and a third one here.
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You have intersecting circles and you can make a great deal of a huge number of inferences just from that diagram.
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The intersecting lines on the graph help to illustrate the relationship between the two variables.
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In geometry class, we learned about intersecting angles and how to calculate their measures.
Synonyms
Covered with lines or paths that go in different directions
Marked with lines that cross each other to form a pattern
Crossed in an X shape, like leaves meeting at right angles
Crossing each other to form an X shape
How Intersecting
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Intersecting comes from the parts inter- meaning 'between' and sect meaning 'cut', the same root you see in section. Picture two roads 'cutting' into the space between them and meeting — that's why intersecting means lines or paths 'crossing' each other.