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intersecting line; crossing line
A line that crosses or intersects another line or path. Used in geometry and technical drawing for lines that share a common point with another line, and more broadly for any line that cuts across something — for example, lines drawn through text or crosshatched patterns in illustrations.
地図に交差線を描く。
To draw intersecting lines on a map.
図1の2本の交差線は直角に交わっている。
The two intersecting lines in Figure 1 cross at right angles.
絵の暗い部分は、細い交差線を重ねて表現されている。
The dark sections of the picture are rendered with overlapping thin crosshatching lines.
設計図で道路の交差線を確認してから、信号の位置を決めた。
After checking the intersecting lines of the roads on the blueprint, we decided where to place the traffic lights.
Composed of 交差 (crossing, intersection) and 線 (line). A somewhat technical term used in mathematics, drafting, drawing, and map-reading contexts for lines that cross one another.
USAGE:
Most often encountered in technical or illustrative contexts — geometry diagrams, technical drawings, architectural blueprints, and art techniques (e.g., crosshatching in pen-and-ink drawing). In casual speech about roads or paths that cross, speakers are more likely to use 交差する as a verb or to refer to the location as a 交差点 (intersection).
COMMON COLLOCATIONS:
- 交差線を引く / 描く: to draw intersecting lines
- 交差線が重なる: for intersecting lines to overlap
- 細い交差線: thin crossing lines (e.g., in crosshatching)
- 直角の交差線: perpendicular intersecting lines
SIMILAR WORDS:
- 交差点: intersection (point) — the point where lines or roads meet; for traffic intersections this is the standard term
- 交差: crossing; intersection — the abstract noun/verb; 交差する is the verb
- 直線: straight line — the general term, which becomes a 交差線 when it intersects another
- 斜線: diagonal / oblique line — a line drawn at an angle; often used with 交差線 in crosshatched drawings
- 平行線: parallel lines — the opposite case, where lines do not intersect