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| bisect |
to cut across or intersect, as a road by a railroad. [1/3 definitions] |
| celestial pole |
either of two points in the celestial sphere that the earth's axis would intersect if it were extended. |
| colure |
either of the two great circles of the celestial sphere that intersect at the poles, one passing through the solstices and the other through the equinoxes. |
| cross |
to pass across or intersect. [2/16 definitions] |
| crossing |
a place where two roads, routes, or railroad tracks, or a combination of these, intersect. [1/3 definitions] |
| crossroad |
the place where two roads intersect; crossing. [1/2 definitions] |
| crossway |
the place where two roads or paths intersect; crossroad. |
| Greek Cross |
a cross in which the horizontal and vertical bars are of equal length and intersect at their midpoints at right angles. |
| grid |
a system of reference lines that intersect at right angles to form uniformly sized squares, used to map points and make diagrams; coordinate system. [1/5 definitions] |
| intercept |
in mathematics, to include, as between two lines, points, or surfaces; intersect. [1/5 definitions] |
| intersection |
the point or place where two or more things such as roads intersect. [1/2 definitions] |
| monoclinic |
of or designating a system of crystal formation in which three crystal axes of unequal length intersect, two at right angles and one obliquely. |
| orthocenter |
the point at which the three altitudes of a triangle intersect. |
| quadrant |
any of the four parts that result when an area is divided by two lines, real or imaginary, that intersect each other at right angles. [1/5 definitions] |
| sector |
in geometry, a figure shaped like a piece of pie and determined by an arc of a circle and the two radii that intersect the endpoints of it. [1/4 definitions] |
| triclinic |
of or designating a system of crystallization in which three unequal axes intersect at oblique angles. |
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