intercept

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So, I gave him vectors to final with a 30 degree intercept.

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Quick take

the point at which a line intersects a coordinate axis

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of intercept gathered in one view.

noun

the point at which a line intersects a coordinate axis

verb

seize on its way; "The fighter plane was ordered to intercept an aircraft that had entered the country's airspace"

verb

tap a telephone or telegraph wire to get information; "The FBI was tapping the phone line of the suspected spy"; "Is this hotel room bugged?"

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for intercept.

noun

the point at which a line intersects a coordinate axis

verb

seize on its way; "The fighter plane was ordered to intercept an aircraft that had entered the country's airspace"

verb

tap a telephone or telegraph wire to get information; "The FBI was tapping the phone line of the suspected spy"; "Is this hotel room bugged?"

Example sentences

So, I gave him vectors to final with a 30 degree intercept.

Something that third parties can't intercept, at least not with anything like the ease with which they do today.

The Chinese government requested that we modify the WoW client so that they could intercept all chat.

PGP encrypted email from a new account just deals with the NSA's email intercept capability.

Surely this is a giant target painted on Nokia's proxy servers for any blackhat out there who wants to intercept a whole lot of https traffic?

I'll just say that there are ways to intercept people's Google, Facebook, etc., traffic in bulk without sticking any moles into the org -- or directly tapping their lines.

Whenever anyone came to ask us anything, I'd intercept them from talking to the coworker, ask them for details on the task, estimate it, and put all this on a card.

Forgive me for sounding paranoid but this sounds like collusion between the government of Turkey and Turktrust, to intercept communications.

But weakening everyone's security, so they can intercept and read your mail at will, in secret, with no oversight, is just as wrong as the police breaking into your house in secret, at night, and rifling through your belongings.

He even had badly packaged illegal drugs sent to me from overseas hoping customs would intercept it and bust me but somehow they arrived safely and for weeks I wondered how I ended up with a bunch of drugs in the mail.