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intersections

intersections is the plural of intersection.

Meaning of intersection

Noun

intersection (plural intersections)

  1. The junction of two (or more) paths, streets, highways, or other thoroughfares.
    • Near-synonym: crossroads
    Synonyms:
    crossroads
  2. Any overlap, confluence, or crossover.
    • Within this melee of intersections between English and Cantonese, the students, being themselves bilingually fluent, were able to navigate with perfect ease in communicative contexts where the provenance of a certain term or expression matters little.2015, James Lambert, “Lexicography as a teaching tool: A Hong Kong case study”, in Lan Li, Jamie McKeown, Liming Liu, editors, Dictionaries and corpora: Innovations in reference science. Proceedings...
  3. 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).
  4. The set containing all the elements that are common to two or more sets.
  5. The element where two or more straight lines of synchronized skaters pass through each other.https://web.archive.org/web/20120214131704/http://www.isu.org/vsite/vcontent/content/transnews/0,10869,4844-128590-19728-18885-295370-3787-4771-layout160-129898-news-item,00.html
  6. The pullback of a corner of monics.

Phrases with intersections

Questions about intersections

What is intersections the plural of?
Intersections is the plural of intersection.

Words near intersections in the dictionary

  1. intersectionalistic
  2. intersectionalists
  3. intersectionalities
  4. intersectionality
  5. intersectionally
  6. intersections
  7. intersective
  8. intersectively
  9. intersectivity
  10. intersector
  11. intersectoral

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