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Bisect

/baɪˈsɛkt/

A bisector, which divides into two equal parts.

📖 Definitions of "Bisect"

noun

1
A bisector, which divides into two equal parts.
2
An envelope, card, or fragment thereof showing an affixed cut half of a regular issued stamp, over which one or more postal markings have been applied. Typically used in wartime when normal lower rate stamps may not be available.

verb

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Word	Definition
quadrilateralnoun	(geometry) A polygon with four sides.
acnoun	(electricity, informal, by extension) supply of electric energy via a public electricity grid
abnoun	(US) The early stages of; the beginning process; the start.
partnoun	A portion; a component.
dividenoun	A thing that divides.
mediateverb	(transitive) To resolve differences, or to bring about a settlement, between conflicting parties.
dichotomizeverb	(transitive) To separate into two parts, to classify into two classes, or to categorize into two categories.
transectnoun	A path along which a researcher moves to count and record observations or collect data.
dimidiatenoun	Divided into two (equal) halves.
devidenoun	Obsolete form of divide. [(transitive) To split or separate (something) into two or more parts.]
splitnoun	A crack or longitudinal fissure.
bifurcatenoun	(intransitive) To divide or fork into two channels or branches.
dismemberverb	(transitive) To remove the limbs of.
subdivideverb	(ambitransitive) To divide into smaller sections.
slitnoun	A narrow cut or opening; a slot.
sectionnoun	A cutting; a part cut out from the rest of something.
separate	Apart from (the rest); not connected to or attached to (anything else).
go halvesverb	(idiomatic) To divide equally between two parties.
segmentnoun	One of the parts into which any body naturally separates or is divided; a part divided or cut off; a section; a portion.
forknoun	Any of several types of pronged (tined) tools (physical tools), as follows: