intercept
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The intercept form of the equation of a line is x/a
+
y/b
=1.
in·ter·cept
(ĭn′tər-sĕpt′)tr.v. in·ter·cept·ed, in·ter·cept·ing, in·ter·cepts
1. To stop, deflect, or interrupt the progress or intended course of: intercepted me with a message as I was leaving.
2. Sports
a. To gain possession of (an opponent's pass), as in football or basketball.
b. To gain possession of a pass made by (an opponent), especially in football.
3. To slow or prevent (precipitation) from reaching the ground. Used of vegetation.
4. Mathematics
a. To intersect (a coordinate axis).
b. To include or bound (a part of a space or curve) between two points or lines.
5. Archaic To prevent.
6. Obsolete To cut off from access or communication.
n. (ĭn′tər-sĕpt′)
1. Mathematics The point or coordinates at which a line, curve, or surface intersects a coordinate axis.
2.
a. The interception of a missile by another missile or an aircraft by another aircraft.
b. Interception of a radio transmission.
3. An interceptor.
[Middle English intercepten, from Latin intercipere, intercept- : inter-, inter- + capere, to seize; see kap- in Indo-European roots.]
in′ter·cep′tive adj.
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intercept
vb (tr)
1. to stop, deflect, or seize on the way from one place to another; prevent from arriving or proceeding
2. (Team Sports, other than specified) sport to seize or cut off (a pass) on its way from one opponent to another
3. (Mathematics) maths to cut off, mark off, or bound (some part of a line, curve, plane, or surface)
n
4. (Mathematics) 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
5. (Team Sports, other than specified) sport US and Canadian the act of intercepting an opponent's pass
[C16: from Latin intercipere to seize before arrival, from inter- + capere to take]
ˌinterˈception n
ˌinterˈceptive adj
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in•ter•cept
(v. ˌɪn tərˈsɛpt; n. ˈɪn tərˌsɛpt)v.t.
1. to take, seize, or halt (someone or something on the way from one place to another); cut off from an intended destination: to intercept a messenger.
2. to secretly listen to or record (a transmitted communication).
3. to stop or interrupt the course, progress, or transmission of.
4. to take possession of (a ball or puck) during an attempted pass by an opposing team.
5. to stop or check (passage, travel, etc.): to intercept an escape.
6. to catch up to and destroy (an aircraft or missile).
7. Math. to mark off or include, as between two points or lines.
8. to intersect.
9. Obs. to prevent the operation or effect of.
10. Obs. to cut off from access, sight, etc.
n. 11. interception.
12. an intercepted communication.
13. Math.
a. an intercepted segment of a line.
b. (in a coordinate system) the distance from the origin to the point at which a curve or line intersects an axis.
[1535–45; < Latin interceptus, past participle of intercipere to intercept =inter- inter- + -cipere, comb. form of capere to take]
in`ter•cep′tive, adj.
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in·ter·cept
(ĭn′tər-sĕpt′) Mathematics
In a Cartesian coordinate system, the coordinate of a point at which a line, curve, or surface intersects a coordinate axis. If a curve intersects the x-axis at (4,0), then 4 is the curve's x-intercept; if the curve intersects the y-axis at (0,2), then 2 is its y-intercept.
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intercept
Past participle: intercepted
Gerund: intercepting
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| Noun | 1. |  intercept - the point at which a line intersects a coordinate axispoint - a geometric element that has position but no extension; "a point is defined by its coordinates" |
| Verb | 1. | intercept - seize on its way; "The fighter plane was ordered to intercept an aircraft that had entered the country's airspace" grab, take hold of, catch - take hold of so as to seize or restrain or stop the motion of; "Catch the ball!"; "Grab the elevator door!" |
| 2. | intercept - tap a telephone or telegraph wire to get information; "The FBI was tapping the phone line of the suspected spy"; "Is this hotel room bugged?" |
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intercept
verb catch, take, stop, check, block, arrest, seize, cut off, interrupt, head off, deflect, obstruct Gunmen intercepted him on the way to the airport.
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Translations
يَعْتَرِض، يوقِف
chytit
opsnappestandse
katkaistakeskeyttääpysäyttääriistääsiepata
presrestipresretati
stöîva e-î á miîri leiî
傍受奪う迎撃阻止する
pačiupimaspaėmimassučiupti
pārtvert
durdurmakyolunu kesmek
intercept
[ˌɪntəˈsept] VT (= interfere with) [+ message, missile] → interceptar; (= stop) → detener; (= cut off) → atajar, cortar (Sport) [+ pass] → cortar, interceptar (Math) → cortarCollins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
intercept
[ˌɪntərˈsɛpt] vt [+ message, letter] → intercepter
[+ plane, missile] → intercepter
[+ person] → intercepter
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intercept
vt message, person, plane, pass → abfangen; (Math) → abschneiden; they intercepted the enemy → sie schnitten dem Feind den Weg ab
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intercept
(intəˈsept) verb to stop or catch (a person, thing etc) before he, it etc arrives at the place to which he, it etc is going, being sent etc. The messenger was intercepted on his way to the king.
ˌinterˈception nounKernerman English Multilingual Dictionary © 2006-2013 K Dictionaries Ltd.