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intercept verb (intercepted, intercepting) 1 a to stop or catch (eg a person, missile, aircraft, etc) on their or its way from one place to another; b to prevent (a missile, etc) from arriving at its destination, often by destroying it. 2 math to mark or cut off (a line, plane, curve, etc) with another another line, plane, etc that crosses it. noun math 1 the part of a line or plane that is cut off by another line or plane crossing it, especially the distance from the origin to the point where a straight line or a curve crosses one of the axes of a coordinate system. 2 the point at which two figures intersect, that part of a line that is intercepted. interception noun. interceptive adj.
ETYMOLOGY: 16c: from Latin intercipere, interceptum.
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