Definition of Intersecting

1. Adjective. Crossed or intersected in the form of an X.

Exact synonyms: Decussate, Intersectant
Similar to: Crossed
Derivative terms: Intersect

Definition of Intersecting

1. Verb. (present participle of ''intersect'') ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Intersecting

1. intersect [v] - See also: intersect

Lexicographical Neighbors of Intersecting

interscapulothoracic
interscapulothoracic amputation
interscapulum
interscendent
interscholastic
interschool
intersciatic
interscutularis
interseasonal
intersecant
intersect
intersectant
intersectarian
intersected
intersectin
intersecting
intersectins
intersectio
intersectio tendinea
intersection
intersection point
intersectional
intersectionalism
intersectiones
intersections
intersects
intersegment
intersegmental
intersegmental fasciculi
intersegmental part of pulmonary vein

Literary usage of Intersecting

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. An Elementary Treatise on Solid Geometry by Charles Smith (1886)
"To have three non-intersecting generating lines given is therefore equivalent to having ... If a line meet three non-intersecting lines, it will meet the ..."

2. Field Geology by Frederic Henry Lahee (1917)
"(6) The banding is complex and is (oi) Due to differences of color or intensity of color, and is often definitely related to two or more intersecting sets ..."

3. Descriptive Geometry by Gardner Chace Anthony, George Francis Ashley (1909)
"To pass a plane through two intersecting or parallel lines. PRINCIPLE. The traces of the plane must contain the traces of the lines (Art. 27, page 19). ..."

4. Geology and Mineralogy Considered with Reference to Natural Theology by William Buckland (1841)
"A. 10. represents a dike and protruded mass of Granite, intersecting and ... A. 11. represents the rare case of Granite intersecting Red Sandstone, Oolite, ..."

5. A Treatise on the Law of Negligence by Thomas Gaskell Shearman, Amasa Angell Redfield (1898)
"Intersecting railroads. — The terrible disasters which have resulted from the practice, so frequent in America, of independent railroads crossing each other ..."

6. A Treatise on Electricity and Magnetism by James Clerk Maxwell (1892)
"POUR SPHERES Intersecting AT RIGHT ANGLES. System of Four Spheres Intersecting at Right Angles, at zero potential, under the Action of an Electrified Unit ..."

7. Descriptive Geometry by Ervin Kenison, Harry Cyrus Bradley (1917)
"The angle between two intersecting straight lines is a plane angle. It is measured in the plane that is determined by the two lines. Problem 22. ..."

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