different between intercept vs intersection

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin interceptum, past participle of intercipi?.

Pronunciation

Verb

• (Received Pronunciation) enPR: ?nt?s?pt', IPA^(key): /?nt??s?pt/
• (US) enPR: ?nt?rs?pt', IPA^(key): /?nt??s?pt/

Noun

• (Received Pronunciation) enPR: ?n't?s?pt, IPA^(key): /??nt?s?pt/
• (US) enPR: ?n't?rs?pt, IPA^(key): /??nt?s?pt/
• Rhymes: -?pt

Verb

intercept (third-person singular simple present intercepts, present participle intercepting, simple past and past participle intercepted)

1. (transitive) To stop, deflect or divert (something in progress or motion).
2. (transitive, sports) To gain possession of (the ball) in a ball game
   1. (transitive, American football) Of a defensive player: to steal a pass thrown by the opposing team, gaining possession of the ball.
3. (transitive, mathematics) To take or comprehend between.

Translations

Noun

intercept (plural intercepts)

1. An interception of a radio broadcast or a telephone call.
3. An interception of a missile.
4. (algebraic geometry) The coordinate of the point at which a curve intersects an axis.
   • 2012, Alice Kaseberg, Greg Cripe, Peter Wildman, Introductory Algebra: Everyday Explorations, page 278

     Because the horizontal-axis intercept occurs when y=0 and the vertical-axis intercept occurs when x=0, we can find the intercepts algebraically.

5. (marketing) A form of market research where consumers are intercepted and interviewed in a retail store or mall.

Derived terms

• interceptor

Translations

See also

• (an interception of a radio broadcast or a telephone call): bug

English

Etymology

From Middle French intersection, from Latin intersecti?

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??nt???s?k??n/, /??nt???s?k??n/

Noun

intersection (plural intersections)

1. The junction of two (or more) paths, streets, highways, or other thoroughfares.
2. Any overlap, confluence, or crossover.
3. (geometry) The point or set of points common to two geometrical objects (such as the point where two lines meet or the line where two planes intersect).
4. (set theory) The set containing all the elements that are common to two or more sets.
5. (sports) The element where two or more straight lines of synchronized skaters pass through each other.[1]
6. (category theory) The pullback of a corner of monics.

Synonyms

• (junction of paths): crossroads

Related terms

Translations

See also

• corner
• crossroad, crossroads
• junction
• overlap
• union
• ?