[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

intersection \in`tersec"tion\, n. l. intersectio: cf. f.
   intersection.
   1913 webster
   1. the act, state, or place of intersecting.
      1913 webster

   2. geom. the point or line in which one line or surface
      cuts another.
      1913 webster

[2] : WordNet (r) 2.0

intersection
     n 1: a point where lines intersect syn: intersection point, point
          of intersection
     2: a junction where one street or road crosses another syn: crossroad,
         crossway, crossing, carrefour
     3: a point or set of points common to two or more geometric
        configurations
     4: 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" syn: product, cartesian product
     5: a representation of common ground between theories or
        phenomena; "there was no overlap between their proposals"
        syn: overlap, convergence
     6: the act of intersecting as joining by causing your path to
        intersect your target's path
see also:
intersection point point of intersection crossroad crossway crossing carrefour 
product cartesian product overlap convergence 

[3] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

102 moby thesaurus words for "intersection":
   access, accord, accordance, affinity, agreement, aisle, alley,
   ambulatory, aperture, arcade, artery, assent, avenue, carrefour,
   channel, chiasma, chorus, cloister, cloverleaf, coherence,
   coincidence, colonnade, communication, compatibility, concert,
   concord, concordance, conduit, conformance, conformation,
   conformity, congeniality, congruence, congruency, congruity,
   connection, consistency, consonance, consort, cooperation,
   correspondence, corridor, covered way, cross section, crossing,
   crosspoint, crossroad, crosswalk, crossway, cruciation,
   decussation, defile, equivalence, exit, ferry, flyover, ford,
   gallery, grade crossing, harmony, inlet, interchange,
   intercrossing, intersecting, junction, lane, level crossing,
   oneness, opening, outlet, overcrossing, overlap, overpass,
   parallelism, pass, passage, passageway, peace, portico,
   railroad tunnel, rapport, rotary, self-consistency, symmetry, sync,
   synchronism, tally, timing, traffic circle, traject, trajet,
   transection, transversion, traversal, tunnel, undercrossing,
   underpass, uniformity, union, unison, unisonance, viaduct

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