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Intersection has various meanings in different contexts:

In mathematics and geometry

Intersection (set theory)
Intersection (set theory)

In mathematics, the intersection of two Set A and B is the set that contains all elements of A that also belong to B , but no other elements....
, the set of elements common to some collection of sets.
Line-line intersection
Line-line intersection

In Euclidean geometry, the intersection of a line and a line can be the empty set,a point , ora line. Distinguishing these cases, and finding the intersection point have use, for example, in computer graphics, motion planning, and collision detection....
Line-plane intersection
Line-plane intersection

In analytic geometry, the intersection of a line and a plane can be the empty set,a point , ora line. Distinguishing these cases, and determining equations for the point and line in the latter cases have use, for example, in computer graphics, motion planning, and collision detection....
Line–sphere intersection
Line–sphere intersection

In analytic geometry, a line and a sphere can intersection in three ways: no intersection at all, at exactly one point, or in two points. Methods for distinguishing these cases, and determining equations for the points in the latter cases, are useful in a number of circumstances....
Intersection of a polyhedron with a line
Intersection of a polyhedron with a line

In general, a convex polyhedron is defined as the intersection of a finite number of halfspaces. That is, a convex polyhedron is the set of solutions of a system of inequations of the form...
Line segment intersection
Line segment intersection

In computational geometry, the line segment intersection problem supplies a list of line segments in the plane and asks us to determine whether any two of them intersect, or cross....
Intersection theory
Intersection theory

In mathematics, intersection theory is a branch of algebraic geometry, where subvarieties are intersected on an algebraic variety, and of algebraic topology, where intersections are computed within the cohomology ring....

Intersection (road)
Intersection (road)

In the field of road transport, an intersection is a road Junction where two or more roads either meet or cross At-grade intersection . Such a road junction may also be called a Crossroads ....
, a place where two roads meet (line-line intersection)
Intersection (aviation)
Intersection (aviation)

In aviation, an intersection is a virtual navigational Fix that helps aircraft to maintain their flight plan. It is usually defined as the Line-line intersection of two VHF omnidirectional range radials....
, a virtual navigational fix
Intersection (land navigation)
Resection (orientation)

Resection is a method of orientation using a compass and topographic map ....
, a method of obtaining a fix on an unknown position from two mapped points

Intersection may also refer to:

Intersection (film)
Intersection (film)

Intersection is a 1994 film, directed by Mark Rydell and starring Richard Gere, Sharon Stone, and Lolita Davidovich.A remake of the French film Les choses de la vie by Claude Sautet, the story ? set in Vancouver, British Columbia ? concerns an architect who, as his automobile hurtles into a collision at an intersection, flashes th...
, a 1994 remake of the French film Les Choses de la vie.
an element in the Reality TV series The Amazing Race
The Amazing Race

The Amazing Race, sometimes referred to as TAR, is a reality television game show in which teams of two people , who have some form of a preexisting personal relationship, racing around the world in competition with other teams....
. It requires two teams to join together and complete tasks as a newly conjoined team until further notice.
Intersections (1985-2005)
Intersections (1985-2005)

Bruce Hornsby's Intersections is a 4 CD / 1 DVD retrospective boxed set. The tracks are a mixture of previously unreleased live recordings, unreleased studio recordings, and album cuts....
, a 2006 box set released by Bruce Hornsby
Bruce Hornsby

Bruce Randall Hornsby is an American singer, pianist, accordion player, and songwriter. Known for the spontaneity and creativity of his live performances, Hornsby draws frequently from classical music, jazz, bluegrass music, Folk music, motown, Rock music, blues, and jam band musical traditions with his songwriting and the seamless improvis...
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Intersection (convention)
53rd World Science Fiction Convention

The 53rd World Science Fiction Convention , Intersection, was held in Glasgow, Scotland in 1995. The event was also the Eurocon. The venues for the 53rd Worldcon were the Scottish Exhibition and Conference Centre and the nearby Moat House Hotel....
, the 53rd World Science Fiction Convention, held in Glasgow, Scotland, in 1995

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an intelligence database that is the central plot device in the TV series Chuck
Chuck (TV series)

Chuck is an action-comedy television program from the United States created by Josh Schwartz and Chris Fedak. The series is about an "average computer-whiz-next-door" who receives an encoded e-mail from an old college friend now working in the Central Intelligence Agency; the message embeds the only remaining copy of the world's greatest...
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