intersection

IPA: ɪntɝsˈɛkʃʌn

The junction of two (or more) paths, streets, highways, or other thoroughfares.
Any overlap, confluence, or crossover.
(geometry) The point or set of points common to two geometrical objects (such as the point where two lines meet or the line where two planes intersect).
(set theory) The set containing all the elements that are common to two or more sets.
(sports) The element where two or more straight lines of synchronized skaters pass through each other.http://www.isu.org/vsite/vcontent/content/transnews/0,10869,4844-128590-19728-18885-295370-3787-4771-layout160-129898-news-item,00.html
(category theory) The pullback of a corner of monics.

Examples of "intersection" in Sentences

It is the intersection of the Sacred and Secular orders.
An internist and a psychiatrist meet at the intersection.
In the 1970s, it was recreated at the side of the intersection.
It's the intersections of the plane with the edges of the polyhedron.
It is almost always crossed by a tendinous intersection near its insertion.
Some intersections have pedestrian crosswalks designated on the street pavement.