bisection

Roget-categorie 91

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#91. [Division into two parts.] bisection

zelfstandig naamwoord

bisection, bipartition — dichotomy, subdichotomy^† — halving etc. v. — dimidiation^†.
bifurcation, forking, branching, ramification, divarication — fork, prong — fold.
half, moiety.

werkwoord

bisect, halve, divide, split, cut in two, cleave dimidiate^†, dichotomize.
go halves, divide with.
separate, fork, bifurcate — branch off, out — ramify.

bijvoeglijk naamwoord

bisected etc. v. — cloven, cleft — bipartite, biconjugate^†, bicuspid, bifid — bifurcous^†, bifurcate, bifurcated — distichous, dichotomous, furcular^† — semi-, demi-, hemi^†.

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