intersection
/ˈɪntəɹˌsɛkʃən/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: 3.88 in modern English
14
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
4
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
The junction of two (or more) paths, streets, highways, or other thoroughfares.
noun
Any overlap, confluence, or crossover.
noun
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).
noun
The set containing all the elements that are common to two or more sets.
noun
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
Example Sentences
- "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."
- "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."
Etymology
From Middle French intersection and its etymon Latin intersectiō. By surface analysis, intersect + -ion.
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: intersection, intersectiō