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intersection

noun · 12 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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  • /ˈɪntəɹˌsɛkʃən/
  • /ˌɪntəɹˈsɛkʃən/
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1

noun

Meaning 1

The junction of two (or more) paths, streets, highways, or other thoroughfares.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • Near-synonym: crossroads

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: crossroads

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

Any overlap, confluence, or crossover.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 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).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: geometry, mathematics, sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

The set containing all the elements that are common to two or more sets.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: mathematics, sciences, set-theory

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

noun

Meaning 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

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: hobbies, lifestyle, sports

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

6

noun

Meaning 6

The pullback of a corner of monics.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: category-theory, computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

7

noun

Meaning 7

the act of intersecting (as joining by causing your path to intersect your target's path)

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: joining, connection, connexion

8

noun

Meaning 8

a junction where one street or road crosses another

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: crossroad, crossway, crossing, carrefour

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: junction

Narrower terms: corner, street corner, turning point, level crossing, grade crossing

9

noun

Meaning 9

a representation of common ground between theories or phenomena

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • there was no overlap between their proposals

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: overlap, convergence

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: representation, mental representation, internal representation

Narrower terms: crossroads, interface

10

noun

Meaning 10

a point where lines intersect

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: intersection point, point of intersection

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: point

Narrower terms: metacenter, metacentre, vertex

11

noun

Meaning 11

the set of elements common to two or more sets

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • the set of red hats is the intersection of the set of hats and the set of red things

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: product, Cartesian product

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: set

12

noun

Meaning 12

a point or set of points common to two or more geometric configurations

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: set

Narrower terms: origin

History

Etymology

From Middle French intersection and its etymon Latin intersectiō. By surface analysis, intersect + -ion.

Across languages

Translations

201 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Albanian: ndërprerje — junction of two or more paths, etc
  • Albanian: udhëkryq — junction of two or more paths, etc
  • Arabic: مُفْتَرَق (muftaraq) — junction of two or more paths, etc
  • Arabic: تَقَاطُع (taqāṭuʕ) — junction of two or more paths, etc
  • Arabic: تَقَاطُع (tagāṭuʕ) — junction of two or more paths, etc
  • Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܦܪܵܫܬܵܐ (prašta) — junction of two or more paths, etc
  • Armenian: խաչմերուկ (xačʻmeruk) — junction of two or more paths, etc
  • Armenian: քառուղի (kʻaṙuġi) — junction of two or more paths, etc
  • Azerbaijani: kəsişmə — junction of two or more paths, etc
  • Belarusian: скрыжава́нне (skryžavánnje) — junction of two or more paths, etc
  • Bengali: ছেদ (ched) — junction of two or more paths, etc
  • Bulgarian: кръсто́вище (krǎstóvište) — junction of two or more paths, etc
  • Bulgarian: кръстопъ́т (krǎstopǎ́t) — junction of two or more paths, etc
  • Burmese: လမ်းဆုံ (lam:hcum) — junction of two or more paths, etc
  • Catalan: encreuament — junction of two or more paths, etc
  • Chinese Cantonese: 路口 (lou6 hau2) — junction of two or more paths, etc
  • Chinese Mandarin: 路口 (lùkǒu) — junction of two or more paths, etc
  • Chinese Mandarin: 交叉 (jiāochā) — junction of two or more paths, etc
  • Czech: křižovatka — junction of two or more paths, etc
  • Danish: kryds — junction of two or more paths, etc
  • Dutch: kruising — junction of two or more paths, etc
  • Dutch: kruispunt — junction of two or more paths, etc
  • Esperanto: kruciĝo — junction of two or more paths, etc
  • Esperanto: intersekco — junction of two or more paths, etc
  • Estonian: ristmik — junction of two or more paths, etc
  • Farefare: sorɔpurŋa — junction of two or more paths, etc
  • Faroese: vegamót — junction of two or more paths, etc
  • Faroese: krossvegur — junction of two or more paths, etc
  • Finnish: risteys — junction of two or more paths, etc
  • French: carrefour — junction of two or more paths, etc
  • French: intersection — junction of two or more paths, etc
  • Georgian: გზაჯვარედინი (gzaǯvaredini) — junction of two or more paths, etc
  • Georgian: მებოძირი (meboʒiri) — junction of two or more paths, etc
  • German: Kreuzung — junction of two or more paths, etc
  • German: Straßenkreuzung — junction of two or more paths, etc
  • Greek: διασταύρωση (diastávrosi) — junction of two or more paths, etc
  • Greek: σταυροδρόμι (stavrodrómi) — junction of two or more paths, etc
  • Hebrew: צֹמֶת (tsómet) — junction of two or more paths, etc
  • Hindi: चौराहा (caurāhā) — junction of two or more paths, etc
  • Hindi: चौक (cauk) — junction of two or more paths, etc
  • Hungarian: útkereszteződés — junction of two or more paths, etc
  • Hungarian: csomópont — junction of two or more paths, etc
  • Icelandic: vegamót — junction of two or more paths, etc
  • Icelandic: gatnamót — junction of two or more paths, etc
  • Ido: krucovoyo — junction of two or more paths, etc
  • Indonesian: persimpangan — junction of two or more paths, etc
  • Italian: incrocio — junction of two or more paths, etc
  • Japanese: 交差点 (kōsaten) — junction of two or more paths, etc
  • Kazakh: қиылыс (qiylys) — junction of two or more paths, etc
  • Korean: 사거리 (sageori) — junction of two or more paths, etc
  • Korean: 네거리 (negeori) — junction of two or more paths, etc
  • Korean: 교차로 (gyocharo) — junction of two or more paths, etc
  • Kyrgyz: жолтоому (joltoomu) — junction of two or more paths, etc
  • Lao: ທະວິບົດ (tha wi bot) — junction of two or more paths, etc
  • Latin: ambivium — junction of two or more paths, etc
  • Latvian: krustošanās — junction of two or more paths, etc
  • Lithuanian: sankryža — junction of two or more paths, etc
  • Macedonian: крстопат (krstopat) — junction of two or more paths, etc
  • Malay: persilangan — junction of two or more paths, etc
  • Māori: rīpekanga — junction of two or more paths, etc
  • Moore: so-baka — junction of two or more paths, etc
  • Moore: so-palempaaga — junction of two or more paths, etc
  • Moore: sotiisi — junction of two or more paths, etc
  • Norwegian Bokmål: kryss — junction of two or more paths, etc
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: kryss — junction of two or more paths, etc
  • Old English: ġelǣte — junction of two or more paths, etc
  • Persian: تقاطع (taqâto') — junction of two or more paths, etc
  • Persian: چهارراه (čahâr-râh) — junction of two or more paths, etc
  • Polish: skrzyżowanie — junction of two or more paths, etc
  • Portuguese: nó — junction of two or more paths, etc
  • Romanian: intersecție — junction of two or more paths, etc
  • Romanian: intersectare — junction of two or more paths, etc
  • Russian: перекрёсток (perekrjóstok) — junction of two or more paths, etc
  • Scottish Gaelic: eadar-ghearradh — junction of two or more paths, etc
  • Serbo-Croatian: кри́жа̄ње — junction of two or more paths, etc
  • Serbo-Croatian: ра́скр̄шће — junction of two or more paths, etc
  • Serbo-Croatian: ра́скрсница — junction of two or more paths, etc
  • Serbo-Croatian: ра́скрӣжје — junction of two or more paths, etc
  • Serbo-Croatian: крѝжӣште — junction of two or more paths, etc
  • Serbo-Croatian: крижо̀пӯт — junction of two or more paths, etc
  • Serbo-Croatian: крижо̀пӯће — junction of two or more paths, etc
  • Serbo-Croatian: крсто̀пӯће — junction of two or more paths, etc
  • Serbo-Croatian: krížānje — junction of two or more paths, etc
  • Serbo-Croatian: ráskr̄šće — junction of two or more paths, etc
  • Serbo-Croatian: ráskrsnica — junction of two or more paths, etc
  • Serbo-Croatian: ráskrīžje — junction of two or more paths, etc
  • Serbo-Croatian: krìžīšte — junction of two or more paths, etc
  • Serbo-Croatian: križòpūt — junction of two or more paths, etc
  • Serbo-Croatian: križòpūće — junction of two or more paths, etc
  • Serbo-Croatian: krstòpūće — junction of two or more paths, etc
  • Slovak: križovatka — junction of two or more paths, etc
  • Slovene: križišče — junction of two or more paths, etc
  • Spanish: cruce — junction of two or more paths, etc
  • Swedish: korsning — junction of two or more paths, etc
  • Tajik: чорраҳа (čorraha) — junction of two or more paths, etc
  • Thai: สี่แยก (sèe-yâek) — junction of two or more paths, etc
  • Thai: ทางแยก (taang-yâek) — junction of two or more paths, etc
  • Thai: ชุมทาง (chum-taang) — junction of two or more paths, etc
  • Turkish: kesişme — junction of two or more paths, etc
  • Ukrainian: перехре́сток (perexréstok) — junction of two or more paths, etc
  • Ukrainian: перехре́стя (perexréstja) — junction of two or more paths, etc
  • Urdu: چوراہا (caurāhā) — junction of two or more paths, etc
  • Urdu: تقاطع (taqātu') — junction of two or more paths, etc
  • Urdu: چوک (ćok) — junction of two or more paths, etc
  • Urdu: دوراہا (dorāhā) — junction of two or more paths, etc
  • Uzbek: chorraha — junction of two or more paths, etc
  • Vietnamese: ngã đường — junction of two or more paths, etc
  • Vietnamese: ngã tư — junction of two or more paths, etc
  • Vietnamese: ngã ba — junction of two or more paths, etc
  • Vietnamese: giao lộ — junction of two or more paths, etc
  • Welsh: croestoriad — junction of two or more paths, etc
  • Arabic: تَقَاطُع (taqāṭuʕ) — in geometry
  • Bulgarian: пресечна точка (presečna točka) — in geometry
  • Catalan: intersecció — in geometry
  • Chinese Mandarin: 交點 /交点 (jiāodiǎn) — in geometry
  • Czech: průsečík — in geometry
  • Danish: skæring — in geometry
  • Danish: skæringspunkt — in geometry
  • Dutch: kruispunt — in geometry
  • Dutch: doorsnijding — in geometry
  • Finnish: leikkauspiste — in geometry
  • Finnish: leikkaus — in geometry
  • French: intersection — in geometry
  • German: Schnittpunkt — in geometry
  • Greek: τομή (tomí) — in geometry
  • Hebrew: חיתוך — in geometry
  • Hungarian: metszőpont — in geometry
  • Hungarian: metszéspont — in geometry
  • Hungarian: metszet — in geometry
  • Icelandic: sniðmengi — in geometry
  • Icelandic: skurðpunktur — in geometry
  • Ido: interseko — in geometry
  • Japanese: 交点 (kōten) — in geometry
  • Polish: punkt przecięcia — in geometry
  • Portuguese: interseção — in geometry
  • Portuguese: intersecção — in geometry
  • Romanian: intersecție — in geometry
  • Russian: пересече́ние (peresečénije) — in geometry
  • Scottish Gaelic: eadar-ghearradh — in geometry
  • Serbo-Croatian: пре́сек — in geometry
  • Serbo-Croatian: пре́сјек — in geometry
  • Serbo-Croatian: prések — in geometry
  • Serbo-Croatian: présjek — in geometry
  • Slovak: priesečník — in geometry
  • Spanish: intersección — in geometry
  • Swedish: skärning — in geometry
  • Tagalog: bagtasan — in geometry
  • Tagalog: pagbagtas — in geometry
  • Tagalog: bagtas — in geometry
  • Ukrainian: пере́тин (perétyn) — in geometry
  • Welsh: croestoriad — in geometry
  • Catalan: intersecció — in set theory
  • Chinese Mandarin: 交集 (jiāojí) — in set theory
  • Czech: průnik — in set theory
  • Danish: fællesmængde — in set theory
  • Dutch: doorsnede — in set theory
  • Esperanto: komunaĵo — in set theory
  • Estonian: ühisosa — in set theory
  • Estonian: lõige — in set theory
  • Faroese: felagsmongd — in set theory
  • Finnish: leikkaus — in set theory
  • French: intersection — in set theory
  • German: Durchschnitt — in set theory
  • German: Schnittmenge — in set theory
  • German: Durchschnittsmenge — in set theory
  • Greek: τομή (tomí) — in set theory
  • Hebrew: חיתוך — in set theory
  • Hungarian: metszet — in set theory
  • Icelandic: sniðmengi — in set theory
  • Icelandic: snið — in set theory
  • Icelandic: skurðmengi — in set theory
  • Icelandic: skarmengi — in set theory
  • Ido: interseko — in set theory
  • Italian: intersezione — in set theory
  • Japanese: 積集合 (sekishūgō) — in set theory
  • Japanese: 共通集合 (kyōtsūshūgō) — in set theory
  • Japanese: 交わり (majiwari) — in set theory
  • Korean: 교집합 (gyojiphap) — in set theory
  • Korean: 적집합 (jeokjiphap) — in set theory
  • Polish: przekrój — in set theory
  • Polish: część wspólna — in set theory
  • Polish: przecięcie — in set theory
  • Polish: iloczyn zbiorów — in set theory
  • Portuguese: interseção — in set theory
  • Portuguese: intersecção — in set theory
  • Romanian: intersecție — in set theory
  • Russian: пересече́ние (peresečénije) — in set theory
  • Serbo-Croatian: пре́сек — in set theory
  • Serbo-Croatian: пре́сјек — in set theory
  • Serbo-Croatian: prések — in set theory
  • Serbo-Croatian: présjek — in set theory
  • Slovak: prienik — in set theory
  • Spanish: intersección — in set theory
  • Swedish: snitt — in set theory
  • Tagalog: bagtasan — in set theory
  • Tagalog: pagbagtas — in set theory
  • Tagalog: bagtas — in set theory
  • Ukrainian: перетин множин (peretyn množyn) — in set theory
  • Welsh: croestoriad — in set theory
  • Finnish: läpimeno — two or more straight lines of synchronized skaters passing through each other
  • Finnish: eteenpäinleikkaus — surveying method
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