—v.tr.
1 seize, catch, or stop (a person, message, vehicle, ball, etc.) going from one place to another.
2 (usu. foll. by from) cut off (light etc.).
3 check or stop (motion etc.).
4 Math. mark off (a space) between two points etc.
—n. Math. the part of a line between two points of intersection with usu. the coordinate axes or other lines.
Derivatives:
interception n. interceptive adj.
Etymology: L intercipere intercept- (as INTER-, capere take)
Useful english dictionary. 2012.