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bi·sect  (bskt, b-skt)
v. bi·sect·ed, bi·sect·ing, bi·sects
v.tr.
To cut or divide into two parts, especially two equal parts.
v.intr.
To split; fork.

bi·section n.
bi·section·al adj.
bi·section·al·ly adv.

bisect [baɪˈsɛkt]
vb
1. (Mathematics) (tr) Maths to divide into two equal parts
2. to cut or split into two
[bi-1 + -sect from Latin secāre to cut]
bisection  [baɪˈsɛkʃən] n

bisect  (bskt, b-skt)
To cut or divide into two parts, especially two equal parts.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Verb1.bisect - cut in half or cut in two; "bisect a line"
cut - separate with or as if with an instrument; "Cut the rope"

bisect
verb cut in two, right, cross, separate, split, halve, cleave, cut across, intersect, cut in half, split down the middle, divide in two, bifurcate The main street bisects the town.
Translations
bisect [baɪˈsekt] VTbisecar

bisect [ˌbaɪˈsɛkt] vtcouper en deux, diviser en deux

bisect
vtin zwei Teile or (equal parts) → Hälften teilen; (Math) → halbieren
visich teilen

bisect [baɪˈsɛkt] vttagliare in due (parti) (Math) → bisecare
bisect [baɪˈsɛkt] vttagliare in due (parti) (Math) → bisecare

bisect
v bisect [baiˈsekt]
to cut into two equal parts A diagonal line across a square bisects it. halveer نصَّف، قَسَّمَ إلى قِسْمَيْن разполовявам (roz)půlit tvedele; halvere halbieren διχοτομώ bisecar, cortar en dos partes simétricas poolitama دو نیم کردن puolittaa couper en deux לַחֲצוֹת दो टुकड़े करना razrezati na pola kettévág membagi dua helminga; skipta í tvennt tagliare in due, bisecare 2分する 양분하다 kirsti/dalyti pusiau sadalīt (divās līdzīgās daļās) membahagi dua sama in tweea an delen halvere przepołowić dividir ao meio a tăia în două (jumătăţi) разделить пополам rozpoliť prepoloviti prepoloviti dela i två [] delar แบ่งออกเป็นสองส่วน iki eşit parçaya bölmek 把...分為二 розрізати навпіл دو برابر حصوں میں کاٹنا chia đôi ...


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It will be obvious, to every child in Spaceland who has touched the threshold of Geometrical Studies, that, if I can bring my eye so that its glance may bisect an angle (A) of the approaching stranger, my view will lie as it were evenly between his two sides that are next to me (viz.
SOCRATES: And does not this line, reaching from corner to corner, bisect each of these spaces?
An inevitable dualism bisects nature, so that each thing is a half, and suggests another thing to make it whole; as, spirit, matter; man, woman; odd, even; subjective, objective; in, out; upper, under; motion, rest; yea, nay.
 
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