Intersection has various meanings in different contexts:
- In mathematics and geometry
- Intersection (set theory), the set of elements common to some collection of sets
- Intersection matrix of the dimensionally extended nine-intersection model (DE-9IM)
- Line-line intersection
- Line-plane intersection
- Line–sphere intersection
- Intersection of a polyhedron with a line
- Line segment intersection
- Intersection theory
- Intersection (road), a place where two roads meet (line-line intersection)
- Intersection (aviation), a virtual navigational fix
- Intersection (land navigation), a method of obtaining a fix on an unknown position from two mapped points
- Intersectionality, a sociological theory about categorizations (e.g. ethnicity, gender, and religion) and the way those categorizations interact
- Constructive solid geometry, Boolean Intersection is one of the ways of combining 2D/3D shapes
Intersection may also refer to:
- Intersection (1994 film), a 1994 remake of the French film Les Choses de la vie
- Intersection (2012 film), an upcoming French thriller film
- Intersection (album), 2012 album by Nanci Griffith
- An element in the reality TV series The Amazing Race
- Intersections (1985–2005), a 2006 music CD box set released by Bruce Hornsby
- Intersection, 53rd World Science Fiction Convention, held in Glasgow, Scotland, in 1995
- Intersections (Dave House album), 2009
- Intersections (Mekong Delta album), 2012
- Intersections (arts festival)
- Intersections, Virginia
Intersect redirects here. It may refer to:
- Intersect (SQL), a set operator in SQL
- The Intersect, an intelligence database that is the central plot device in the TV series Chuck
- Intersect (video game)
Famous quotes containing the word intersection:
“You can always tell a Midwestern couple in Europe because they will be standing in the middle of a busy intersection looking at a wind-blown map and arguing over which way is west. European cities, with their wandering streets and undisciplined alleys, drive Midwesterners practically insane.”
—Bill Bryson (b. 1951)