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intersection

Pronunciation: [ˌɪn.tɚˈsɛk.ʃən]

Word

Context: "navigation"

(noun) a place where two or more roads cross each other. It's like a big 'X' where cars and people can go in different directions.

Example

At the intersection, we decided to turn right to get to the park.

Example

The intersection was not busy at all; there were no cars waiting to cross.

Example

Which way should we go at the intersection?

Context: "mathematics"

(noun) the point where two or more sets share common elements. Imagine you have two groups of toys, and some are in both groups; that's the intersection.

Example

The intersection of the two toy collections included the red car and the blue robot.

Example

There was no intersection between the collections; they had completely different toys.

Example

What is the intersection of the two groups of numbers?

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