Intersection \In`ter*sec"tion\, n. [L. intersectio: cf. F.
   intersection.]
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   1. The act, state, or place of intersecting.
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   2. (Geom.) The point or line in which one line or surface
      cuts another.
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	intersection
    n 1: a point where lines intersect [syn: intersection,
         intersection point, point of intersection]
    2: a junction where one street or road crosses another [syn:
       intersection, crossroad, crossway, crossing,
       carrefour]
    3: a point or set of points common to two or more geometric
       configurations
    4: 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" [syn: intersection, product, Cartesian
       product]
    5: a representation of common ground between theories or
       phenomena; "there was no overlap between their proposals"
       [syn: overlap, convergence, intersection]
    6: the act of intersecting (as joining by causing your path to
       intersect your target's path)

	

	102 Moby Thesaurus words for "intersection":
   access, accord, accordance, affinity, agreement, aisle, alley,
   ambulatory, aperture, arcade, artery, assent, avenue, carrefour,
   channel, chiasma, chorus, cloister, cloverleaf, coherence,
   coincidence, colonnade, communication, compatibility, concert,
   concord, concordance, conduit, conformance, conformation,
   conformity, congeniality, congruence, congruency, congruity,
   connection, consistency, consonance, consort, cooperation,
   correspondence, corridor, covered way, cross section, crossing,
   crosspoint, crossroad, crosswalk, crossway, cruciation,
   decussation, defile, equivalence, exit, ferry, flyover, ford,
   gallery, grade crossing, harmony, inlet, interchange,
   intercrossing, intersecting, junction, lane, level crossing,
   oneness, opening, outlet, overcrossing, overlap, overpass,
   parallelism, pass, passage, passageway, peace, portico,
   railroad tunnel, rapport, rotary, self-consistency, symmetry, sync,
   synchronism, tally, timing, traffic circle, traject, trajet,
   transection, transversion, traversal, tunnel, undercrossing,
   underpass, uniformity, union, unison, unisonance, viaduct