bisectionn.
/bʌɪˈsɛkʃən/ 1. Division into two equal parts.
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the world > relative properties > number > specific numbers > two > division into two > [noun]
dichotomy1588
dichotomizing1623
bipartition1652
bisection1656
the world > relative properties > number > specific numbers > two > division into two > [noun] > division into two equal parts
dimidiation?c1425
mediation?c1425
halvingc1430
bisection1656
hemisection1878
medisection1887
semisection1889
1656 tr. T. Hobbes Elements Philos. iii. xx. 227 By perpetual bisection of an angle.
1837 W. Whewell Hist. Inductive Sci. II. 209 Continued bisection and other aliquot subdivisions.
2. Division into any two parts.
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1856 T. De Quincey Confessions Eng. Opium-eater (rev. ed.) in Select. Grave & Gay V. 97 I wished to bisect the journey..such a bisection was attained in a clean roadside inn.
1876 E. Mellor Priesthood iv. 182 The theory which requires the bisection of the chapter into two unequal parts.
3. Division into two branches; forking.
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the world > relative properties > number > specific numbers > two > division into two > [noun] > bifurcation
bifurcation1646
bisection1870
1870 Daily News 5 Oct. 6/4 It stands a little to the south of the great chaussée from Metz to Saarlouis and Saarbruck, while as yet the bisection has not taken place.
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