intersected
Cut through each other
Intersected is the past tense of intersect, meaning to cross or meet at a point.
Roads intersect at a junction; lines intersect on a graph.
The word often describes how paths, ideas, or lives cross each other: Their careers intersected briefly in the 1990s.
The two rivers intersected just north of town.
Went from side to side
- meetingGathering for discussion
- convergedCame to same point
- joinedLinked or united
- encounteredCame upon or faced
traversed · crisscrossed · overlapped · connected · merged · linked · intertwined · routes
Meeting of routes
- junctionPoint where things meet
- crossingPoint where paths intersect
- crosswalkMarked street-crossing zone
- trafficMovement along routes
stoplight · roundabout · boulevard · avenue · street · highway · thoroughfare · overpass
Partial coincidence of coverage
- perpendicularAt right angles
- transversalLine crossing multiple others
- midpointExact center between two
- vertexPoint where edges converge
plane · axis · coordinate · tangent · secant · diagonal · grid · vector
Shared characteristic among things
- sharedHeld in common
- coincidenceUnplanned matching of events
- confluenceMeeting point of streams
- interlockJoin by overlapping
mesh · converge · coalesce · blend · synthesis · connection · correlation · mutual
crossed
Went from side to side
encountered · traversed · crisscrossed · overlapped · connected · merged · linked · intertwined · routes · trails
crossroads
Meeting of routes
- junctionPoint where things meet
- crossingPoint where paths intersect
- crosswalkMarked street-crossing zone
traffic · stoplight · roundabout · boulevard · avenue · street · highway · thoroughfare · overpass · underpass
overlap
Partial coincidence of coverage
- perpendicularAt right angles
- transversalLine crossing multiple others
- midpointExact center between two
vertex · plane · axis · coordinate · tangent · secant · diagonal · grid · vector · locus
commonality
Shared characteristic among things
- sharedHeld in common
- coincidenceUnplanned matching of events
- confluenceMeeting point of streams
interlock · mesh · converge · coalesce · blend · synthesis · connection · correlation · mutual · collective
- intersecting linesPaths meeting at a point
- intersection pointWhere two lines meet