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intersection - a junction where one street or road crosses another |
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crossroad,
crossway,
crossing,
carrefour |
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junction an act of joining or adjoining things
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road,
route a way or means to achieve something; "the road to fame"
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corner,
street corner,
turning point the intersection of two streets; "standing on the corner watching all the girls go by"
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grade crossing,
level crossing intersection of a railway and a road on the same level; barriers close road when trains pass
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intersection - a point where lines intersect |
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point sharp end; "he stuck the point of the knife into a tree"; "he broke the point of his pencil"
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metacenter,
metacentre (shipbuilding) the point of intersection between two vertical lines, one line through the center of buoyancy of the hull of a ship in equilibrium and the other line through the center of buoyancy of the hull when the ship is inclined to one side; the distance of this intersection above the center of gravity is an indication of the stability of the ship
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vertex the point of intersection of lines or the point opposite the base of a figure
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intersection - the act of intersecting (as joining by causing your path to intersect your target's path) |
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connection,
connexion,
joining shifting from one form of transportation to another; "the plane was late and he missed his connection in Atlanta"
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intersection - a point or set of points common to two or more geometric configurations |
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set several exercises intended to be done in series; "he did four sets of the incline bench press"
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origin properties attributable to your ancestry; "he comes from good origins"
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intersection - the set of elements common to two or more sets; "the set of red hats is the intersection of the set of hats and the set of red things" |
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product |
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set several exercises intended to be done in series; "he did four sets of the incline bench press"
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