bisect
11bisect — This word can mean only to cut or divide into two parts : This is where the road bisects the railroad tracks. Bisect and dissect should not be confused. One bisects a laboratory animal when he divides it into two equal or nearly equal parts; he… …
12bisect — verb bisect the exterior angle Syn: cut in half, halve, divide/cut/split in two, split down the middle; cross, intersect …
13bisect — verb Etymology: 1bi + intersect Date: circa 1645 transitive verb to divide into two usually equal parts intransitive verb cross, intersect • bisection noun • bisectional adjective • …
14bisect — 1. verb a) To cut or divide into two parts. b) To divide an angle, line segment, or other figure into two equal parts. 2. noun a) A …
15bisect — Synonyms and related words: 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,… …
16biséct — adj. m., pl. bisécţi …
17bisect — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. bifurcate, halve. See disjunction, numeration. II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. cut in two, hemisect, halve; see divide 1 …
18bisect — bi|sect [baıˈsekt US ˈbaısekt] v [T] [Date: 1600 1700; Origin: bi + sect (as in intersect)] formal to divide something into two equal parts ▪ A long cobbled street bisects the town from east to west …
19bisect — bi|sect [ baı,sekt, baı sekt ] verb transitive TECHNICAL to divide something into two equal halves, especially in mathematics …
20bisect — see SECTION …
