1. divide (something) by passing or lying across it: "the area is intersected only by minor roads"Similarbisectdividehalvecut in twocut in halfcut acrosscut throughcrosstraversespan
▪ (of two or more things) pass or lie across each other:"lines of latitude and longitude intersect at right angles"Similarcrosscriss-crossconvergemeetconnectjoinlink upcome togethertechnical:decussate
Word Originearly 17th century: from Latin intersect- ‘cut, intersected’, from the verb intersecare, from inter- ‘between’ + secare ‘to cut’.
