Intercept vs Transversal - What's the difference?
intercept | transversal |
An interception of a radio broadcast or a telephone call.
(senseid)An interception of a missile.
(algebraic geometry) The coordinate of the point at which a curve intersects an axis.
*2012 , Alice Kaseberg, Greg Cripe, Peter Wildman, Introductory Algebra: Everyday Explorations ,
*:Because the horizontal-axis intercept' occurs when y=0 and the vertical-axis '''intercept''' occurs when x=0, we can find the ' intercepts algebraically.
To stop, deflect or divert (something in progress or motion).
(sports) To gain possession of (the ball) in a ball game.
A line which traverses or intersects any system of other lines transversely.
(mathematics) A set containing one member from each of a collection of disjoint sets.
As nouns the difference between intercept and transversal
is that intercept is an interception of a radio broadcast or a telephone call while transversal is a line which traverses or intersects any system of other lines transversely.As a verb intercept
is to stop, deflect or divert (something in progress or motion).As an adjective transversal is
running or lying across; transverse; as, a transversal line.intercept
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* (an interception of a radio broadcast or a telephone call) bugVerb
(en verb)- The police intercepted the package of stolen goods while it was in transit.