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INTERSECTION
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The act of intersecting (as joining by causing your path to intersect your target's path)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("intersection" is a kind of...):
connection; connexion; joining (the act of bringing two things into contact (especially for communication))
Derivation:
intersect (meet at a point)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A junction where one street or road crosses another
Synonyms:
carrefour; crossing; crossroad; crossway; intersection
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("intersection" is a kind of...):
junction (the place where two or more things come together)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "intersection"):
corner; street corner; turning point (the intersection of two streets)
grade crossing; level crossing (intersection of a railway and a road on the same level; barriers close road when trains pass)
Holonyms ("intersection" is a part of...):
road; route (an open way (generally public) for travel or transportation)
Sense 3
Meaning:
A representation of common ground between theories or phenomena
Example:
there was no overlap between their proposals
Synonyms:
convergence; intersection; overlap
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Hypernyms ("intersection" is a kind of...):
internal representation; mental representation; representation (a presentation to the mind in the form of an idea or image)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "intersection"):
crossroads (a point where a choice must be made)
interface (the overlap where two theories or phenomena affect each other or have links with each other)
Sense 4
Meaning:
A point where lines intersect
Synonyms:
intersection; intersection point; point of intersection
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Hypernyms ("intersection" is a kind of...):
point (a geometric element that has position but no extension)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "intersection"):
metacenter; metacentre ((shipbuilding) the point of intersection between two vertical lines, one line through the center of buoyancy of the hull of a ship in equilibrium and the other line through the center of buoyancy of the hull when the ship is inclined to one side; the distance of this intersection above the center of gravity is an indication of the stability of the ship)
vertex (the point of intersection of lines or the point opposite the base of a figure)
Sense 5
Meaning:
The set of elements common to two or more sets
Example:
the set of red hats is the intersection of the set of hats and the set of red things
Synonyms:
Cartesian product; intersection; product
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Hypernyms ("intersection" is a kind of...):
set (a group of things of the same kind that belong together and are so used)
Sense 6
Meaning:
A point or set of points common to two or more geometric configurations
Classified under:
Nouns denoting two and three dimensional shapes
Hypernyms ("intersection" is a kind of...):
set ((mathematics) an abstract collection of numbers or symbols)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "intersection"):
origin (the point of intersection of coordinate axes; where the values of the coordinates are all zero)
