intercept

Everyday

1. To stop someone or something on the way and catch or block it before it gets where it was going: intercept a pass. tree →
2. To secretly catch messages meant for someone else: intercept a letter. tree →
3. (maths) An intercept is the point where a line or graph crosses an axis: the y-intercept. tree →

In the lessons

In sport (football, netball), history (codebreakers at Bletchley Park intercepted enemy messages), and maths graphs. Phrases: intercept a pass, intercepted messages, y-intercept.

Examples

• The defender intercepted the pass. tree →
• Codebreakers intercepted secret messages in the war. tree →
• The police intercepted the stolen car. tree →
• The line y = 2x + 3 has a y-intercept of 3. tree →
• Find where the graph intercepts the x-axis. tree →
• The goalkeeper intercepted the cross. tree →
• But while looking for the truth, came the evil one, the father of lies, to intercept him. tree →

Note

Verb stress: in-ter-SEPT; noun stress: IN-ter-sept. Noun: interception. Maths: in y = mx + c, c is the y-intercept.

In Jewish tradition

Interpretation: Kalisch says the "Teli" means a line where the moon's path crosses the sun's path, called the Dragon's head and tail. In the primary lessons: In sport (football, netball), history (codebreakers at Bletchley Park intercepted enemy messages), and maths graphs. Phrases: intercept a pass, intercepted messages, y-intercept.

Examples

• astronomers signified by the word Tali, not the constellation Draco, but the line which joins together the two points in which the orbit of the moon intercepts the ecliptic (Dragon's head and tail). (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877) tree →

Note

Verb stress: in-ter-SEPT; noun stress: IN-ter-sept. Noun: interception. Maths: in y = mx + c, c is the y-intercept.