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intercept

1. Maths

a. a point at which two figures intersect

b. the distance from the origin to the point at which a line, curve, or surface cuts a coordinate axis

c. an intercepted segment

2. Sport US and Canadian the act of intercepting an opponent's pass

intercept [¦in·tər¦sept]

(crystallography)

One of the distances cut off a crystal's reference axis by planes.

(mapping)

altitude difference

(mathematics)

The point where a straight line crosses one of the axes of a cartesian coordinate system.

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