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71divide — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. separate; partition, allot, assign; split [up], part; distribute, share; divvy (sl.). See apportionment, disjunction. II (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To separate by parting] Syn. separate, part, cut up,… …
72bisection — (Roget s Thesaurus) >Division into two parts. < N PARAG:bisection >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 bisection bisection bipartition Sgm: N 1 dichotomy dichotomy subdichotomy Sgm: N 1 halving halving &c. >V. Sgm: N 1 dimidiation dimidiation …
73section — [16] Section is one of a wide range of English words that go back to Latin secāre ‘cut’. Others include bisect [17], dissect [17], insect, intersect [17], secateurs [19], sector [16], and segment [16]. It goes back ultimately to the Indo European …
74bisection — division in two, 1650s, noun of state from BISECT (Cf. bisect). Related: Bisectional …
75trisect — 1664 (implied in trisection), from tri three + L. sectus cut, pp. of secare to cut (see SECTION (Cf. section)). Probably patterned on BISECT (Cf. bisect) …
76du̯ō(u) (*du̯ei-) — du̯ō(u) (*du̯ei ) English meaning: two Deutsche Übersetzung: “zwei” Grammatical information: m. (grammatical double form duu̯ōu), du̯ai f. n., besides du̯ei , du̯oi , du̯i Note: compare the summary by Brugmann II2 2, 6 82… …
77section — [16] Section is one of a wide range of English words that go back to Latin secāre ‘cut’. Others include bisect [17], dissect [17], insect, intersect [17], secateurs [19], sector [16], and segment [16]. It goes back ultimately to the Indo European …
78bi|sect — «by SEHKT, BY sehkt», transitive verb. 1. to divide into two parts: »Bisect the apple as well as you can. 2. to divide into two equal parts: »You can bisect a 90 degree angle into two 45 degree angles. –v.i. to divide in two; bifurcate; fork.… …
79Dichotomize — Di*chot o*mize, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Dichotomized}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Dichotomizing}.] [See {Dichotomous}.] 1. To cut into two parts; to part into two divisions; to divide into pairs; to bisect. [R.] [1913 Webster] The apostolical benediction… …
80Dichotomized — Dichotomize Di*chot o*mize, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Dichotomized}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Dichotomizing}.] [See {Dichotomous}.] 1. To cut into two parts; to part into two divisions; to divide into pairs; to bisect. [R.] [1913 Webster] The apostolical… …
