Intersection

Quick meaning: Intersection is a noun meaning The junction of two (or more) paths, streets, highways, or other thoroughfares.

Meaning

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

More Meanings

1. Any overlap, confluence, or crossover.
2. (set theory) The set containing all the elements that are common to two or more sets.
3. (category theory) The pullback of a corner of monics.
4. (geometry) 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).

Example Sentences

Near-synonym: crossroads

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.

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.

Word Forms

• intersections

Synonyms for intersection

Depending on context, synonyms include crossroads, convergence, product, overlap, crossroad, crossway.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include crossing, crossroad, crossway, overlap, product, convergence.

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