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Crossing :: Crossing (v. t.) Intersection, as of two paths or roads..

Indicatrix :: Indicatrix (n.) A certain conic section supposed to be drawn in the tangent plane to any surface, and used to determine the accidents of curvature of the surface at the point of contact. The curve is similar to the intersection of the surface with a parallel to the tangent plane and indefinitely near it. It is an ellipse when the curvature is synclastic, and an hyperbola when the curvature is anticlastic..

Sundown :: Sundog (n.) A luminous spot occasionally seen a few degrees from the sun, supposed to be formed by the intersection of two or more halos, or in a manner similar to that of halos..

Decussate :: Decussate (v. t.) To cross at an acute angle; to cut or divide in the form of X; to intersect; -- said of lines in geometrical figures, rays of light, nerves, etc..

Paraselene :: Paraselene (n.) A mock moon; an image of the moon which sometimes appears at the point of intersection of two lunar halos. Cf. Parhelion.

Ridge :: Ridge (n.) The intersection of two surface forming a salient angle, especially the angle at the top between the opposite slopes or sides of a roof or a vault..

Section :: Section (n.) The description or representation of anything as it would appear if cut through by any intersecting plane; depiction of what is beyond a plane passing through, or supposed to pass through, an object, as a building, a machine, a succession of strata; profile..

Brief :: Brief (a.) Concise; terse; succinct.

Spherics :: Spherics (n.) The doctrine of the sphere; the science of the properties and relations of the circles, figures, and other magnitudes of a sphere, produced by planes intersecting it; spherical geometry and trigonometry..

Interveined :: Interveined (a.) Intersected, as with veins..

Intersert :: Intersert (v. t.) To put in between other things; to insert.

Cross :: Cross (v. t.) To put across or athwart; to cause to intersect; as, to cross the arms..

Fret :: Fret (n.) An ornament consisting of smmall fillets or slats intersecting each other or bent at right angles, as in classical designs, or at obilique angles, as often in Oriental art..

Franking :: Franking (n.) A method of forming a joint at the intersection of window-sash bars, by cutting away only enough wood to show a miter..

Diclinic :: Diclinic (a.) Having two of the intersections between the three axes oblique. See Crystallization.

Intersect :: Intersect (v. t.) To cut into or between; to cut or cross mutually; to divide into parts; as, any two diameters of a circle intersect each other at the center..

Intersesamoid :: Intersesamoid (a.) Between sesamoid bones; as, intersesamoid ligaments..

Terse :: Terse (superl.) Appearing as if rubbed or wiped off; rubbed; smooth; polished.

Heave :: Heave (n.) A horizontal dislocation in a metallic lode, taking place at an intersection with another lode..

Weighboard :: Weighboard (n.) Clay intersecting a vein.

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