intersect

v., -sect·ed, -sect·ing, -sects.

v.tr.

1. To cut across or through: The path intersects the park.
2. To form an intersection with; cross: The road intersects the highway a mile from here.

v.intr.

1. To cut across or overlap each other: circles intersecting on a graph.
2. To form an intersection; cross: These two fences intersect at the creek.

[Latin intersecāre, intersect- : inter-, inter- + secāre, to cut.]

In a relational database, to match two files and produce a third file with records that are common in both. For example, intersecting an American file and a programmer file would yield American programmers.

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verb

To pass through or over: crisscross, cross, crosscut, cut across, decussate. See meet.

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The verb has one meaning:

Meaning #1: meet at a point
  Synonym: cross

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Dansk (Danish)
v. tr. - krydse, gennemskære, overskære
v. intr. - krydse hinanden, skære hinanden

Nederlands (Dutch)
elkaar kruisen, (door) snijden

Français (French)
v. tr. - (gén) croiser, (Math) couper
v. intr. - se croiser, (Math) se couper

Deutsch (German)
v. - (sich) schneiden, sich kreuzen

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - τέμνω/-ομαι, διακόπτω, κόβω, διασταυρώνομαι

Italiano (Italian)
intersecare

Português (Portuguese)
v. - cruzar

Русский (Russian)
пересекать, пересекаться, рассекать

Español (Spanish)
v. tr. - cortar, intersectar
v. intr. - intersectarse, cortarse

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - skära (varandra), korsa(s)

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
横断, 相交, 交叉

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
v. tr. - 橫斷
v. intr. - 相交, 交叉

한국어 (Korean)
v. tr. - 가로지르다
v. intr. - 엇갈리다, 교차하다

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - 交差する

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) يشطر, يقطع, تتقاطع ( الخطوط أو الطرق)‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. tr. - ‮חצה, חתך‬
v. intr. - ‮הצטלב‬

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