Definitions for intersect

intersect in·ter·sect

Spelling: [in-ter-sekt]
IPA: /ˌɪn tərˈsɛkt/

Intersect is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 11 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 13 points.

You can make 411 anagrams from letters in intersect (ceeinrstt).

Definitions for intersect

verb (used with object)

  1. to cut or divide by passing through or across:

verb (used without object)

  1. to cross, as lines or wires.
  2. Geometry. to have one or more points in common:

Origin of intersect

1605-15; Latin intersectus, past participle of intersecāre “to cut through, sever”; see inter-, -sect

Examples for intersect

This is an old-fashioned street fight in a state where the Tea Party, evangelicals, and the New South all intersect.

They intersect at E, which point represents the "equilibrium of the controls."

We were crossing the cemetery now by one of the intricate paths which intersect it.

A Tangent is a line which touches a curve, but does not intersect it.

But the courses of the two fleets did not intersect at right angles.

These wars all intersect in the conflict in Gaza between Israel and Hamas.

Three lines are made to intersect this middle line, as shown in the detail.

How they must intersect, cross and intermingle each other's orbits!

These orbits have one feature in common: they all intersect the track of the earth.

Their lives are falling apart, but they intersect in interesting, tragic, and instructive ways.

Word Value for intersect
Scrable

11

Words with friends

13

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