intersective

English

Adjective

intersective (not comparable)

1. (mathematics) Relating to intersection.

   Coordinate term: subsective

   • 2015, D. Bubboloni, J. Sonn, “Intersective $S_{n}$ polynomials with few irreducible factors”, in arXiv‎^[1]:

     It is known that $s(G)\leq r(G).$ It is also known that if $G$ is realizable as a Galois group over the rationals, then it is also realizable as the Galois group of an intersective polynomial.

2. (grammar) Of a modifier: which modifies another term by delivering the intersection of their denotations.

   Coordinate term: subsective

References

• "Subsective adjectives and immigration" by Heidi Harley on Language Log.