bisect v : cut in half or cut in two; "bisect a line"

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɛkt

Verb

1. To cut or divide into two parts.
2. To divide an angle, line segment, or other figure into two equal parts.

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.

See also

• disect
• vivisect

Bisection is the general activity of dividing something into two parts.

Bisect may mean:

• bisection, in geometry, dividing something into two equal parts
• bisection of earthworms to study regeneration
• bisect (philately), the use of postage stamp halves
• bisection method, in mathematics, a root-finding algorithm
• bisector (music)
• Genital bisection, in medicine the splitting of penis

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