Intersection (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

noun
  1. a place where two or more roads meet, especially when at least one is a major highway; junction.
  2. any place of intersection or the act or fact of intersecting.
  3. Mathematics.
    • the set of elements that two or more sets have in common. Symbol: ∩
    • the greatest lower bound of two elements in a lattice.
noun
  1. a point at which things intersect, esp a road junction
  2. the act of intersecting or the state of being intersected
  3. maths
    • a point or set of points common to two or more geometric configurations
    • the set of elements that are common to two sets
    • the operation that yields that set from a pair of given sets. Symbol: ∩, as in AB
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