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CIDE DICTIONARY

sectant

CIDE DICTIONARY

sectantn. [L. secare, sectum, to cut.].
     One of the portions of space bounded by the three coordinate planes. Specif. (Crystallog.), one of the parts of a crystal into which it is divided by the axial planes.  [1913 Webster]

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