in·ter·cept
(ĭńtər-sĕpt́)
[Middle English intercepten, from Latin intercipere, intercept-, inter-, inter-, + capere, to seize.]
transitive verb: -cept·ed, -cept·ing, -cepts.
- To stop, deflect, or interrupt the progress or intended course of: intercepted me with a message as I was leaving.
- Sports
- To gain possession of (an opponent's pass), as in football or basketball.
- To gain possession of a pass made by (an opponent), especially in football.
- Mathematics To include or bound (a part of a space or curve) between two points or lines.
- Archaic To prevent.
- Obsolete To cut off from access or communication.
noun
- Mathematics The coordinate of a point at which a line, curve, or surface intersects a coordinate axis.
- The interception of a missile by another missile or an aircraft by another aircraft.
- Interception of a radio transmission.
- An interceptor.
derivatives
- ińter·ceṕtive
- adjective
