单词 | intersecting |
释义 | intersectingadj. That intersects; usually with n. in plural, that intersect each other; crossing. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > fact or condition of being transverse > intersection > [adjective] > intersecting intersecting1656 decussant1685 decussating1839 intersectant1863 chiasmal1879 1656 tr. T. Hobbes Elements Philos. ii. xiv. 133 The two extreme points of the intersection are in both the intersecting Plains. 1725 W. Halfpenny Art of Sound Building 16 The Intersecting Arches are Gothick ones. 1790 W. Wrighte Grotesque Archit. 13 An arcade of intersecting semi-ellipses. 1878 C. Stanford Symbols Christ (new ed.) ii. 37 A knowledge of the future in all its million million threads of intersecting influence. 1880 S. Haughton Six Lect. Physical Geogr. iv. 168 The formation of the continent shaped out by its intersecting mountain chains. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online September 2019). < adj.1656 |
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