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bisect

[ verb bahy-sekt, bahy-sekt; noun bahy-sekt ]

verb (used with object)

  1. to cut or divide into two equal or nearly equal parts.
  2. Geometry. to cut or divide into two equal parts:

    to bisect an angle.

  3. to intersect or cross:

    the spot where the railroad tracks bisect the highway.



verb (used without object)

  1. to split into two, as a road; fork:

    There's a charming old inn just before the road bisects.

noun

  1. Also called split. Philately. a portion of a stamp, usually half, used for payment of a proportionate amount of the face value of the whole stamp.

bisect

/ baɪˈsɛkt; baɪˈsɛkʃən /

verb

  1. tr maths to divide into two equal parts
  2. to cut or split into two
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

bisect

/ ²úī′sÄ•kt′,²úÄ«-sÄ•kt′ /

  1. To cut or divide into two parts, especially two equal parts.
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Derived Forms

  • bisection, noun
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Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms

  • ²ú¾±Â·²õ±ð³¦î€ƒt¾±´Ç²Ô noun
  • ²ú¾±Â·²õ±ð³¦î€ƒt¾±´Ç²Ô·al adjective
  • ²ú¾±Â·²õ±ð³¦î€ƒt¾±´Ç²Ô·al·ly adverb
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of bisect1

1640–50; bi- 1 + -sect < Latin sectus, past participle of ²õ±ð³¦Äå°ù±ð to cut, sever; section
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of bisect1

C17: bi- 1+ -sect from Latin ²õ±ð³¦Äå°ù±ð to cut
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Soldiers also entered the Netzarim Corridor, which runs roughly four miles and bisects the enclave just south of Gaza City.

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The carvings depict bighorn sheep, bisected circles and at one site, a miner swinging a pickax.

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Though war has subsided in much of the country, Deir al-Zour, which is bisected by the Euphrates, remains a hostage to competing ambitions.

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Israel has agreed to withdraw from the Netzarim Corridor — which runs from east to west and bisects the Strip — and Gaza residents can go back to their homes in the enclave’s north.

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Humanitarian workers have to carry out special co-ordination to cross the Israeli military zone bisecting the territory.

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