bisect
verb /baɪˈsekt/
/baɪˈsekt/
(specialist)Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they bisect | /baɪˈsekt/ /baɪˈsekt/ |
| he / she / it bisects | /baɪˈsekts/ /baɪˈsekts/ |
| past simple bisected | /baɪˈsektɪd/ /baɪˈsektɪd/ |
| past participle bisected | /baɪˈsektɪd/ /baɪˈsektɪd/ |
| -ing form bisecting | /baɪˈsektɪŋ/ /baɪˈsektɪŋ/ |
- bisect something to divide something into two equal parts
- A busy road bisects the village.
- A circle is bisected by its diameter.
Word Originmid 17th cent.: from bi- ‘two’ + Latin sect- (from secare ‘to cut’).