intersection
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Definition of intersection
6 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included
noun
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The junction of two (or more) paths, streets, highways, or other thoroughfares.
“Near-synonym: crossroads”
“We determined that the car driver’s transportation of multiple teen passengers, limited driving experience, and likely impairment from effects of cannabis at the time of the crash adversely affected her judgment of the danger of entering the intersection in front of the approaching combination vehicle.”
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noun
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The junction of two (or more) paths, streets, highways, or other thoroughfares.
“Near-synonym: crossroads”
“We determined that the car driver’s transportation of multiple teen passengers, limited driving experience, and likely impairment from effects of cannabis at the time of the crash adversely affected her judgment of the danger of entering the intersection in front of the approaching combination vehicle.”
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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.”
- 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).
- The set containing all the elements that are common to two or more sets.
- 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
- The pullback of a corner of monics.
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
From Middle French intersection and its etymon Latin intersectiō. By surface analysis, intersect + -ion.
Words you can make from intersection
200+ playable · top: ENCRINITES (12 pts)
Best play encrinites 12 points10-letter words
6 words9-letter words
37 words- CONSENTER 11 pts
- CONTESTER 11 pts
- CORNEITIS 11 pts
- CORNETIST 11 pts
- COTININES 11 pts
- CRETINISE 11 pts
- CRETONNES 11 pts
- ENCRINITE 11 pts
- ERECTIONS 11 pts
- EROTICISE 11 pts
- EROTICIST 11 pts
- INCENTERS 11 pts
- INCRETION 11 pts
- INSINCERE 11 pts
- INTERSECT 11 pts
- NECROTISE 11 pts
- NEOTERICS 11 pts
- NICOTINES 11 pts
- NONSECRET 11 pts
- RECENSION 11 pts
- REINCITES 11 pts
- RESECTION 11 pts
- SECRETION 11 pts
- STRICTION 11 pts
- TRECENTOS 11 pts
- TRICOTINE 11 pts
- ENTERITIS 9 pts
- INSERTION 9 pts
- INTERNETS 9 pts
- INTERNIST 9 pts
- INTERTIES 9 pts
- INTESTINE 9 pts
- RETENTION 9 pts
- RETINITES 9 pts
- TENORITES 9 pts
- TENSIONER 9 pts
- TRETINOIN 9 pts
8-letter words
84 words- CENTNERS 10 pts
- CENTONES 10 pts
- CENTRIST 10 pts
- CINERINS 10 pts
- CITRINES 10 pts
- CITTERNS 10 pts
- COINTERS 10 pts
- CONIINES 10 pts
- CONTENTS 10 pts
- CONTRITE 10 pts
- CORNETTI 10 pts
- CORNETTS 10 pts
- CORNIEST 10 pts
- COTERIES 10 pts
- COTININE 10 pts
- COTTIERS 10 pts
- CRETONNE 10 pts
- CRINITES 10 pts
- CROSTINI 10 pts
- EIRENICS 10 pts
- ENTERICS 10 pts
- ENTICERS 10 pts
- ERECTION 10 pts
- ESOTERIC 10 pts
- INCENTER 10 pts
- INCITERS 10 pts
- INSTINCT 10 pts
- INTRONIC 10 pts
- NEOTENIC 10 pts
- NEOTERIC 10 pts
- NESCIENT 10 pts
- NICETIES 10 pts
- NICOTINE 10 pts
- NICOTINS 10 pts
- NOTICERS 10 pts
- ONSCREEN 10 pts
- OSCININE 10 pts
- OSTEITIC 10 pts
- RECISION 10 pts
- REINCITE 10 pts
- RETICENT 10 pts
- SECRETIN 10 pts
- SEICENTO 10 pts
- SORICINE 10 pts
- STENOTIC 10 pts
- STICTION 10 pts
- STRONTIC 10 pts
- TONETICS 10 pts
- TRECENTO 10 pts
- EINSTEIN 8 pts
- ENTERONS 8 pts
- ENTITIES 8 pts
- INSETTER 8 pts
- INTENSER 8 pts
- INTEREST 8 pts
- INTERNES 8 pts
- INTERNET 8 pts
- INTERTIE 8 pts
- INTONERS 8 pts
- INTROITS 8 pts
- IRONIEST 8 pts
- NINETIES 8 pts
- NITERIES 8 pts
- NITRITES 8 pts
- NOISETTE 8 pts
- ONERIEST 8 pts
- RENITENT 8 pts
- RETINITE 8 pts
- SENTIENT 8 pts
- SEROTINE 8 pts
- SNITTIER 8 pts
- SNOTTIER 8 pts
- STERNITE 8 pts
- TENONERS 8 pts
- TENORINI 8 pts
- TENORIST 8 pts
- TENORITE 8 pts
- TEOSINTE 8 pts
- TERNIONS 8 pts
- TINNIEST 8 pts
- TINSTONE 8 pts
- TONTINES 8 pts
- TRIENTES 8 pts
- TRITONES 8 pts
7-letter words
72 words- CENOTES 9 pts
- CENTERS 9 pts
- CENTNER 9 pts
- CENTRES 9 pts
- CERESIN 9 pts
- CERITES 9 pts
- CINERIN 9 pts
- CISTERN 9 pts
- CISTRON 9 pts
- CITRINE 9 pts
- CITRINS 9 pts
- CITRONS 9 pts
- CITTERN 9 pts
- COESITE 9 pts
- COINERS 9 pts
- COINTER 9 pts
- CONIINE 9 pts
- CONINES 9 pts
- CONNERS 9 pts
- CONSENT 9 pts
- CONTENT 9 pts
- CONTEST 9 pts
- CORNETS 9 pts
- CORNETT 9 pts
- CORTINS 9 pts
- COTERIE 9 pts
- COTTERS 9 pts
- COTTIER 9 pts
- CRETINS 9 pts
- CRETONS 9 pts
- CRINITE 9 pts
- CRONIES 9 pts
- EIRENIC 9 pts
- ENCORES 9 pts
- ENTERIC 9 pts
- ENTICER 9 pts
- ENTICES 9 pts
- EOSINIC 9 pts
- ERISTIC 9 pts
- EROTICS 9 pts
- INCENSE 9 pts
- INCENTS 9 pts
- INCISOR 9 pts
- INCITER 9 pts
- INCITES 9 pts
- IRENICS 9 pts
- NECROSE 9 pts
- NEONICS 9 pts
- NERITIC 9 pts
- NICOISE 9 pts
- ENTERON 7 pts
- ENTIRES 7 pts
- ENTRIES 7 pts
- ESTRONE 7 pts
- INOSINE 7 pts
- INOSITE 7 pts
- INTENSE 7 pts
- INTENTS 7 pts
- INTERNE 7 pts
- INTERNS 7 pts
- INTINES 7 pts
- INTONER 7 pts
- INTONES 7 pts
- INTORTS 7 pts
- INTROIT 7 pts
- INTRONS 7 pts
- IONISER 7 pts
- IRONIES 7 pts
- IRONISE 7 pts
- IRONIST 7 pts
- NETTERS 7 pts
- NETTIER 7 pts
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