Intercept
From Encyclopedia of Mathematics
Old-fashioned, somewhat loosely used term in geometry that is used to refer to a part of a line, curve, plane, or surface intercepted (i.e. cut out or marked) by other lines, curves, etc.
For instance, the axis intercept form of the equation of a line in 
is 
. This line cuts the 
-axis at 
and the 
-axis at 
(see [a1]).
References
| [a1] | I.N. Bronshtein, K.A. Semendyayev, "Handbook of mathematics" , H. Deutsch (1985) (In Russian) |
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Intercept. Encyclopedia of Mathematics. URL: http://encyclopediaofmath.org/index.php?title=Intercept&oldid=17424
Intercept. Encyclopedia of Mathematics. URL: http://encyclopediaofmath.org/index.php?title=Intercept&oldid=17424
This article was adapted from an original article by M. Hazewinkel (originator), which appeared in Encyclopedia of Mathematics - ISBN 1402006098. See original article