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bisect
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| bisectrix
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bisect
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Verb bisect has 1 sense
- bisect(v = verb.contact) Array - cut in half or cut in two; "bisect a line" is one way to cut
Derived form noun bisection1
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
CIDE DICTIONARY
bisect, v. t. [L. bis twice + secare, sectum, to cut.].
- To cut or divide into two parts. [1913 Webster]
- To divide into two equal parts. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
bisect, v.tr. divide into two (strictly, equal) parts.
Derivative
bisection n. bisector n.
Etymology
BI- + L secare sect- cut
THESAURUS
bisect
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, whittleROGET THESAURUS
bisect
bisection
VB bisect, halve, divide, split, cut in two, cleave dimidiate, dichotomize, go halves, divide with, separate, fork, bifurcate, branch off, out, ramify.
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