Interpreting exterior products as intersection of diagrams

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This paper provides an intuition of $k$-forms. On page $4$ it reads:

"In order to represent the exterior product of two $n$-forms you find the intersection of the diagrams representing the forms. For example if we draw $dx$ as vertical lines and $dy$ as horizontal lines then $dx ∧ dy$ is the set of intersection points which will form a uniform grid."

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Why can the exterior product of two forms be interepreted as the intersection of the diagrams representing the forms?


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