Other forms: intersections
An intersection is the place where two roads cross. Four ways in, and rules about who goes first.
It is chiefly American, and British English says junction or crossroads for the same thing. Maths uses it precisely, since the intersection of two sets is what they have in common, and geometry uses it for where lines meet. There is a modern social sense from intersectionality, meaning the point where different forms of disadvantage overlap in one person's life.
1nounintersectionA place where two or more roads cross.
“Turn right at the next intersection.”
2nounpointThe point or set where two things overlap.
“The work sits at the intersection of design and engineering.”
Also accepted in games: crossroads, junction
Latin
intersectiō
Middle French
intersection
English, today
intersection
From Middle French intersection and its etymon Latin intersectiō. by surface analysis, intersect + -ion.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA