intersect
v.to meet or cross at a certain point. You use this when two roads, lines, or ideas come together.
v.to divide or cross by passing through or across; to meet and cross at a point. Often describes the physical crossing of lines or the conceptual overlapping of different topics.
“The two main roads intersect at the center of town.”
“The study explores how environmental policies and economic growth intersect in developing nations.”
“In urban planning, the goal is to design spaces where public transit routes and pedestrian paths intersect seamlessly to reduce reliance on private vehicles.”
The verb can be used intransitively ('the lines intersect') or transitively ('line A intersects line B').
“The team saw their potential as biocultural aquatic landscapes, where culture and biodiversity intersect.”
“The project interviewed forty artists about their lives, their work, and how the AIDS crisis intersected and permeated both.”
From Latin intersecare (“to cut between, cut off”), from inter (“between”) + secare (“to cut”).
Etymology adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.