Meaning of intercept in English
(Definition of intercept from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)
(Definition of intercept from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)
intercept | Business English
to intercept calls/communications/emails
Examples of intercept
intercept
Efficiency was therefore conserved, to a degree, while canopies reduced the solar energy they intercepted.
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Effect sizes can be estimated based on the estimated standard deviations of the trajectory intercepts.
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The intercepts and regression coefficients of the best-fitting model were recorded.
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Nearly twice as many pest insects are intercepted on bonsai trees as on timber.
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Rain or snow can be intercepted by the vegetation and re-evaporated.
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We found that the intercepts were highly correlated to annual rainfall.
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Although no intercepts appear in any of these expressions, the analysis is invariant to reinterpreting the variables as deviations from target values.
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The remaining light fog events were completely intercepted by the tree foliage before the water could reach the ground.
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The radiation intercepted by green tissue at this time is severely reduced by the layer of flowers, which absorb and reflect radiation.
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Canopies in other years were sufficiently large to have intercepted more than 0.8 of incident light during this phase.
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The c anopies o f these clones were assessed i n ter ms of their leaf area index and the fraction of incident radiation intercepted.
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Plots were shaded with nets intercepting 50 % of the incident photosynthetically active radiation.
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All plant species intercepting or touching the tape previously set in the two diagonals were noted.
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Of these, 673 were caught, and 70 returned, of which 10 (70 0.145) should have been intercepted leaving the ring.
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Because of the nature of the probability distributions of calibrated dates, interpretations should be based on ranges and modes, not calibration-curve intercepts.
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önlemek, yolunu kesmek, durdurmak…
intercepter…
妨害（ぼうがい）する…
onderscheppen…
(za)chytit…
standse, opsnappe…
mencegat…
สกัดกั้น…
ngăn chặn…
przechwycić, przejąć…
genskjuta, hejda, snappa upp…
memintas…
abfangen…
avskjære, fange opp, huke…
перехоплювати, перетнути…
перехватывать…
