Sentence examples for intersects from inspiring English sources

The situation of Ω relative to RP determines the conic section in PP: If Ω intersects RP outside the base circle (the circle formed by the intersection of the cone and RP), the image of the circle will be an ellipse.

The dissident republicans could gather demonstrators in, say, the Summerhill area and march them up towards the end of Parnell Street, where it intersects with the north end of O'Connell Street.

Each curve is defined, puppet-like, by the "control points" that define its shape, and the "knots" that define where it intersects with other curves.

The shower in question, known as the Leonids (because it appears to originate in the constellation of Leo), happens each November when the earth's orbit intersects with that of comet Temple-Tuttle and bits of dust that have blown off the comet burn up in the atmosphere.

Furthermore, a high rate of debt relative to GDP means that a lot of debt needs to be rolled over each year, creating a potential crisis if creditors are nervous about the solvency of borrowers.All this intersects with the monetary system in play at the time, as credit is loosened and tightened.

Matthew Yglesias points to how this intersects with high standards of living:I think it would be a mistake to say that Dutch women are happy because so few of them are involved in full-time work.

The East African Rift System intersects eastern Africa, running from north to south.

Each planet's orbit intersects the ecliptic plane in two points called nodes; if inferior conjunction occurs at a time when the planet is near a node, a transit of the Sun can occur.

The Ninetyeast Ridge stretches parallel to 90° E longitude in a long, linear chain of seamounts and volcanic ridges from the Andaman Islands in the Bay of Bengal more than 4,500 kilometres (2,800 miles) to the south where it intersects Broken Ridge at 30° S latitude.

The line of intersection of the planes is called the line of the nodes, being the two points where the Moon's orbit intersects the ecliptic plane.

The greenery of the gardens, the trees lining the street, the squares that it intersects all combine with the variegated colours of brick, red and gray granites, and decorative ceramic tiles to give Khreshchatyk an attractive and colourful aspect much admired by Kiev's inhabitants.