in|ter|cept

in|ter|cept
in|ter|cept «IHN tuhr SEHPT», verb, noun.
–v.t.
1. to take or seize on the way from one place to another: »

to intercept a letter before it is delivered, to intercept a mysterious foreign airplane, to intercept illicit drug shipments.

2. to cut off (light, water, or gas).
3. to check; stop: »

The police intercepted the flight of the escaped criminal and put him back in jail.

4. to cut or mark off between two points or lines.
–n.
1. an act of interception: »

the intercept of a bomber by a missile, intercepts of secret messages.

2. Mathematics. a) an intercepted part. b) the distance from the origin to the point where a line, curve, or surface intercepts a coordinate axis.
3. a message or bit of transmitted information obtained by methods such as code-breaking or wiretapping.
╂[< Latin interceptus, past participle of intercipere < inter- between + capere to catch]

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