Definizione monolingua

intercept

intercept (third-person singular simple present intercepts, present participle intercepting, simple past and past participle intercepted)

1. (transitive) To stop, deflect or divert (something in progress or motion).
   • 1749, John Cleland, Fanny Hill: Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure Part 2

     ...and made every vein of my body circulate liquid fires: the emotion grew so violent that it almost intercepted my respiration.

2. (transitive, sports) To gain possession of (the ball) in a ball game.

intercept (plural intercepts)

1. An interception of a radio broadcast or a telephone call.
2. An interception of a missile.
3. (algebraic geometry) The coordinate of the point at which a curve intersects an axis.

Definizione dizionario intercept

	intercettare
	Impedire che qualcuno o qualcosa arrivi regolarmente a destinazione.

	intercettazione
	interception of a radio broadcast or a telephone call

catturare

ostruire

prendere

Altri significati:

(to) intercept

intercept (point where a graph crosses one of the Cartesian coordinate axes)

to gain possession of

An interception of a missile.

An interception of a radio broadcast or a telephone call.

coordinate of the point at which a curve intersects an axis

interception of a missile

(transitive, sports) To gain possession of (the ball) in a ball game.

(algebraic geometry) The coordinate of the point at which a curve intersects an axis.

(transitive) To stop, deflect or divert (something in progress or motion).

to stop, deflect or divert