In`ter*rupt"ive (?), a. Tending to interrupt; interrupting.
"Interruptive forces." H. Bushnell. -- In`ter*rupt"ive*ly, adv.
In`ter*scap"u*lar (?), a. 1. (Anat.) Between the scapulæ or shoulder
blades.
2. (Zoöl.) Pertaining to the upper back, or the part between the
shoulders; as, the interscapular feathers.
In`ter*scap"u*lars (?), n. pl. (Zoöl.) The interscapular feathers of a
bird.
In`ter*scend"ent (?), a. [See Inter- , and Ascend.] (Math.) Having
exponents which are radical quantities; -- said of certain powers; as,
x√2, or x√a.
Interscendent series, a series whose terms are interscendent
quantities. Hutton.
In`ter*scind" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Interscinded; p. pr. & vb. n.
Interscinding.] [L. interscindere; inter between + scindere to cut.] To
cut off. [R.]
In`ter*scribe" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Interscribed (?); p. pr. & vb.
n. Interscribing.] [L. interscribere; inter between + scribere to
write.] To write between. [R.]
In`ter*se"cant (?), a. [L. intersecans, p. pr. of intersecare. See
Intersect.] Dividing into parts; crossing; intersecting.
In`ter*sect" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Intersected; p. pr. & vb. n.
Intersecting.] [L. intersectus, p. p. of intersecare to intersect;
inter + secare to cut. See Section.] To cut into or between; to cut or
cross mutually; to divide into parts; as, any two diameters of a circle
intersect each other at the center.
Lands intersected by a narrow frith Abhor each other.
Cowper.
In`ter*sect" (?), v. i. To cut into one another; to meet and cross each
other; as, the point where two lines intersect.