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trisector|traɪˈsɛktə(r)|
[f. trisect v. + -or.]
One who or that which trisects; spec. in quot. 1872, one who attempts the trisection of an angle.
1864Athenæum 27 Aug. 276/3 The trisector of an angle. 1872De Morgan Budget of Paradoxes 71 He is sometimes ranked with the trisectors.
So triˈsectory a., having the property of trisecting: applied to certain curves used in the trisection of an angle (Cent. Dict. 1891); triˈsectrix [see -trix], a line that trisects; spec. a curve used in the trisection of an angle (ibid., Suppl. 1909). |