| Pronunciation: | | [n]'bIsekt, [v]bI'sekt, bI'sekt
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| Matching Terms: | | bisection, bisectional, bisector, bisectrix
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| | Definition: | | [v] cut in half or cut in two; "bisect a line" |
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| | See Also: | | cut |
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Bi*sect"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Bisected}; p. pr. & vb.
n. {Bisecting}.] [L. bis twice + secare, sectum, to cut.]
1. To cut or divide into two parts.
2. (Geom.) To divide into two equal parts.
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| | Related Terms: | | amputate, average, ax, bifurcate, branch, butcher, by two, carve, chop, cleave, cut, cut away, cut in two, cut off, dichotomize, dimidiate, dissever, divide, double, excise, fission, fissure, fold, fork, gash, hack, halve, hew, in half, incise, jigsaw, lance, middle, pare, prune, ramify, rend, rive, saw, scissor, sever, slash, slice, slit, snip, split, split in two, subdivide, sunder, tear, transect, whittle |
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