Part 5999

<hw>In`ter*scend"ent</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[See <er>Inter-</er>, and <er>Ascend</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Math.)</fld> <def>Having exponents which are radical quantities; -- said of certain powers; <as>as, <mathex>x<exp>&root;2</exp></mathex>, or <mathex>x<exp>&root;a</exp></mathex></as>.</def>

<cs><col>Interscedent series</col>, <cd>a series whose terms are interscendent quantities.</cd></cs>

<i>Hutton.</i>

<h1>Interscind</h1> <Xpage=780>

<hw>In`ter*scind"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Interscinded</er>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Interscinding</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[L. <ets>interscindere</ets>; <ets>inter</ets> between + <ets>scindere</ets> to cut.]</ety> <def>To cut off.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<h1>Interscribe</h1> <Xpage=780>

<hw>In`ter*scribe"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Interscribed</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Interscribing</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[L. <ets>interscribere</ets>; <ets>inter</ets> between + <ets>scribere</ets> to write.]</ety> <def>To write between.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<h1>Intersecant</h1> <Xpage=780>

<hw>In`ter*se"cant</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>intersecans</ets>, p. pr. of <ets>intersecare</ets>. See <er>Intersect</er>.]</ety> <def>Dividing into parts; crossing; intersecting.</def>

<h1>Intersect</h1> <Xpage=780>

<hw>In`ter*sect"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Intersected</er>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Intersecting</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[L. <ets>intersectus</ets>, p. p. of <ets>intersecare</ets> to intersect; <ets>inter + secare</ets> to cut. See <er>Section</er>.]</ety> <def>To cut into or between; to cut or cross mutually; to divide into parts; <as>as, any two diameters of a circle <ex>intersect</ex> each other at the center</as>.</def>

<blockquote>Lands <b>intersected</b> by a narrow frith Abhor each other. <i>Cowper.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Intersect</h1> <Xpage=780>

<hw>In`ter*sect"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <def>To cut into one another; to meet and cross each other; <as>as, the point where two lines <ex>intersect</ex></as>.</def>

<h1>Intersection</h1> <Xpage=780>

<hw>In`ter*sec"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>intersectio</ets>: cf. F. <ets>intersection</ets>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>The act, state, or place of intersecting.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Geom.)</fld> <def>The point or line in which one line or surface cuts another.</def>

<h1>Intersectional</h1> <Xpage=780>

<hw>In`ter*sec"tion*al</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Pertaining to, or formed by, intersections.</def>

<h1>Interseminate</h1> <Xpage=780>

<hw>In`ter*sem"i*nate</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>interseminatus</ets>, p. p. of <ets>interseminare</ets>. See <er>Inter-</er>, and <er>Seminate</er>.]</ety> <def>To sow between or among.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<h1>Interseptal</h1> <Xpage=780>

<hw>In`ter*sep"tal</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <fld>(Biol.)</fld> <def>Between septa; <as>as, the <ex>interseptal</ex> spaces or zones, between the transparent, or septal, zones in striated muscle; the <ex>interseptal</ex> chambers of a shell, or of a seed vessel.</as></def>

<h1>Intersert</h1> <Xpage=780>

<hw>In`ter*sert"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Interserted</er>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Interserting</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[L. <ets>intersertus</ets>, p. p. of <ets>interserere</ets> to intersert; <ets>inter</ets> between + <ets>serere</ets> to join, weave.]</ety> <def>To put in between other things; to insert.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Brerewood.</i>

<h1>Interserttion</h1> <Xpage=780>