intersection

intersection
/in'teuhr sek"sheuhn/, n.
1. a place where two or more roads meet, esp. when at least one is a major highway; junction.
2. any place of intersection or the act or fact of intersecting.
3. Math.
a. Also called meet, product. the set of elements that two or more sets have in common. Symbolically appearing like an inverted U-shape.
b. the greatest lower bound of two elements in a lattice.
[1550-60; < L intersection- (s. of intersectio). See INTERSECT, -ION]
Syn. 1. crossroads, crossing, corner.

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