different between intersect vs interset

English

Etymology

From Latin intersecare (“to cut between, cut off”), from inter (“between”) + secare (“to cut”).

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?nt??s?kt/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?nt??s?kt/
• Rhymes: -?kt

Verb

intersect (third-person singular simple present intersects, present participle intersecting, simple past and past participle intersected)

1. (transitive, intransitive) To cut into or between; to cut or cross mutually; to divide into parts.

   Parallel lines don't intersect.

   Any two diameters of a circle intersect each other at the centre.

   • Lands intersected by a narrow frith / Abhor each other.

2. (mathematics) Of two sets, to have at least one element in common.

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Further reading

• intersect in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• intersect in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• intersect at OneLook Dictionary Search

English

Etymology

inter- +? set

Adjective

interset (not comparable)

1. Between sets.
   • 1985, Hubert M. Blalock, Causal models in the social sciences (page 197)

     Thereafter, each set of parties can be treated as a single party for purposes of analyzing interset movements...

Verb

interset (third-person singular simple present intersets, present participle intersetting, simple past and past participle interset)

1. To set between or among.

Anagrams

• Steinert, ernstite, inertest, insetter, interest, sternite, tres-tine, trientes