Dictionary Definition
intercept n : the point at which a line
intersects a coordinate axis
Verb
1 seize on its way; "The fighter plane was
ordered to intercept an aircraft that had entered the country's
airspace" [syn: stop]
2 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?" [syn: wiretap, tap, bug]
User Contributed Dictionary
English
Etymology
- From Latin interceptum, past participle of intercipere.
Pronunciation
* a RP ĭntəsĕpt', /ɪntəˈsɛpt/, /Int@"sEpt/Noun
- An interception of a radio broadcast or a telephone call.
- An interception of a missile.
- The coordinate of the point at which a curve intersects an axis.
Translations
interception of a radio broadcast or a telephone
call
- Finnish: sieppaus
- Japanese: 傍受
interception of a missile
- Finnish: torjunta
- Japanese: 迎撃
coordinate of the point at which a curve
intersects an axis
- Finnish: leikkauspisteen koordinaatti
See also
Verb
Translations
to stop, deflect or divert
- Finnish: pysäyttää, torjua, katkaista, keskeyttää
- Japanese: 阻止する
to gain possession of
- Dutch: onderscheppen
- Finnish: siepata, riistää
- Japanese: 奪う
- Spanish: interceptar, interrumpir
Extensive Definition
Intercept can refer to:
- X-intercept, the point where a line crosses the x-axis
- Y-intercept, the point where a line crosses the y-axis
- Interception (American football)
- Telephone tapping
See also
Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
arrest,
attend, attend to,
auscultate, be all
ears, bend an ear, block,
bottle up, bug, catch, check, cock the ears, countercheck, curb, cut off, dam up, damp, dampen, deflect, delay, detain, eavesdrop, examine by ear,
give attention, give audience to, give ear, grab, hark, head off, hear, hear out, hearken, heed, hinder, hold back, hold in check,
hold up, impede, inhibit, interfere, interfere with,
intermeddle,
interrupt, intervene, keep back, keep in
check, lend an ear, listen, listen at, listen in,
listen to, meddle,
oppose, repress, resist, restrain, retard, scotch, seize, set back, sit in on,
slacken, snub, stop, suppress, take, tap, trap, wiretap