bisect

  • 21bisect — [[t]ba͟ɪse̱kt[/t]] bisects, bisecting, bisected VERB If something long and thin bisects an area or line, it divides the area or line in half. [V n] The main street bisects the town from end to end …

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  • 22bisect — bi·sect || baɪ sekt v. cut, divide into two; intersect …

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  • 23bisect — verb divide into two parts. Derivatives bisection noun bisector noun Origin C17: from bi + L. sect , secare to cut …

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  • 24bisect — v. a. Cut or divide into two equal parts, cut in halves, halve …

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  • 25bisect — verb (T) technical to divide something, especially a line or angle, into two equal parts bisection noun (U) …

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  • 26bisect — v 1. halve, divide in half, cut in two, dichotomize, Obs. dimidiate; split, cleave, sunder, cut down the middle. 2. intersect, intercross, decussate, cross, crisscross, crosscut, cut across. 3. fork, part, furcate, bifurcate, separate, subdivide; …

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  • 27bisect — bi·sect …

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  • 28bisect — bi•sect [[t]baɪˈsɛkt, ˈbaɪ sɛkt[/t]] v. t. 1) math. to cut or divide into two equal or approximately equal parts 2) to intersect 3) to split into two; fork • Etymology: 1640–50 bi•sec′tion, n. bi•sec′tion•al, adj. bi•sec′tion•al•ly, adv …

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  • 29bisect — /baɪˈsɛkt / (say buy sekt) verb (t) 1. to cut or divide into two parts. 2. Geometry to cut or divide into two equal parts. –verb (i) 3. to split into two, as a road; fork. –bisection, noun –bisectional, adjective –bisectionally, adverb …

  • 30bisect —    Oki ā ka awale, pālua, pahupū …

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