INTERSECTION

• (noun) the act of intersecting (as joining by causing your path to intersect your target's path)

• (noun) a junction where one street or road crosses another

  synonyms : carrefour , crossing , crossroad , crossway

• (noun) a representation of common ground between theories or phenomena

  "there was no overlap between their proposals"

  synonyms : convergence , overlap

• (noun) a point where lines intersect

  synonyms : intersection point , point of intersection

• (noun) 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"

  synonyms : cartesian product , product

• (noun) a point or set of points common to two or more geometric configurations

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