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   in·ter·sect

   /ˌin(t)ərˈsek(t)/

   verb

   • 1. divide (something) by passing or lying across it: "the area is intersected only by minor roads" Similar bisectdividehalvecut in twocut in halfcut acrosscut throughcrosstraversespan
   • ▪ (of two or more things) pass or lie across each other: "lines of latitude and longitude intersect at right angles" Similar crosscrisscrossconvergemeetconnectjoinlink upcome togethertechnical:decussate

   Word Origin early 17th century: from Latin intersect- ‘cut, intersected’, from the verb intersecare, from inter- ‘between’ + secare ‘to cut’.

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