multisectionn.adj.
/ˌmʌltɪˈsɛkʃn/, U.S. /ˌməltiˈsɛkʃ(ə)n/; see also multi- comb. form. A. n.
Chiefly Mathematics. Division into many parts.
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the world > relative properties > number > plurality > [noun] > division into several parts
polytomy1819
multisection1862
polychotomy1887
1862 Macmillan's Mag. Dec. 85 On the plan of multisection, as well as on that of trisection, bisection.
1867 Catholic World Jan. 464/2 The very theories on which it is based have sected and bisected the original divisions of Protestant Christianity..with every prospect of a similar multisection to the end of time.
1908 Amer. Math. Monthly 15 11 Show how it can be applied to the trisection or multisection of an angle.
1994 Trans. Amer. Math. Soc. 341 449 We prove some identities..for the rank and crank of partitions concerning the modulo 4 and 8... For this, we use multisection of series.
B. adj.
= multisectional adj.
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1954 Science 22 Jan. 110/2 (caption) Dr. W. D. Coolidge..studies the multisection 2,000,000-volt x-ray tube.
1971 Gloss. Electrotechn., Power Terms (B.S.I.) ii. iii. 17 Multi-section coil, a coil consisting of two or more coil sections or a group of turns, each section or group being individually insulated.
1995 Jrnl. Higher Educ. 66 65 More often than not, multisection studies of this type have been done in the context of introductory survey courses.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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