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bisection|baɪˈsɛkʃən|
[n. of action f. bisect v., after L. sectiōnem; see -tion.]
1. Division into two equal parts.
1656tr. Hobbes's Elem. Philos. (1839) 307 By perpetual bisection of an angle. 1837Whewell Hist. Induct. Sc. II. 209 Continued bisection and other aliquot subdivisions.
2. Division into any two parts.
1822De Quincey Confess. (1862) 97, I wished to bisect the journey..such a bisection was attained in a clean roadside inn. 1876E. Mellor Priesth. iv. 182 The theory which requires the bisection of the chapter into two unequal parts.
3. Division into two branches; forking.
1870Daily News 5 Oct., 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. |
