bisect

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

/ verb baɪˈsɛkt, ˈbaɪ sɛkt; noun ˈbaɪ sɛkt /

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verb (used with object)

to cut or divide into two equal or nearly equal parts.

Geometry. to cut or divide into two equal parts: to bisect an angle.

to intersect or cross: the spot where the railroad tracks bisect the highway.

verb (used without object)

to split into two, as a road; fork: There's a charming old inn just before the road bisects.

noun

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.

Origin of bisect

1640–50; bi-¹ + -sect<Latin sectus, past participle of secāre to cut, sever; see section

OTHER WORDS FROM bisect

bi·sec·tion, nounbi·sec·tion·al, adjectivebi·sec·tion·al·ly, adverb

WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH bisect

bisect , dissect

Words nearby bisect

biscuit, biscuit bread, biscuit-fired, biscuit tortoni, bise, bisect, bisector, bisectrix, bisellium, biserial, biseriate

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Example sentences from the Web for bisect

When partition came in 1947, the Pashtun demanded the redrawing of the old borders of the Raj so as not to bisect their homeland.
David's Book Club: Pakistan, Between Mosque and Military|David Frum|April 23, 2012|DAILY BEAST
After bisecting the Antiphasis, you can proceed to bisect each of the sections; and so on.
Aristotle|George Grote
Bisect these distances, and these again, till you have a very close row of tacks, as in Fig. 12.
Golden Days for Boys and Girls|Various
As the latter are perpendicular, they will bisect the angles between the other pair.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 6|Various

South Creek did not bisect Superior, as Don thought it might, but flowed in an arc through a southern segment of it.
And Then the Town Took Off|Richard Wilson
Two chords of a circle, of which neither passes through the centre, cannot bisect each other.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 6|Various

British Dictionary definitions for bisect

bisect

/ (baɪˈsɛkt) /

verb

(tr) maths to divide into two equal parts

to cut or split into two

Derived forms of bisect

bisection (baɪˈsɛkʃən), noun

Word Origin for bisect

C17: bi- 1 + -sect from Latin secāre to cut

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Scientific definitions for bisect

bisect

[ bī′sĕkt′, bī-sĕkt′ ]

To cut or divide into two parts, especially two equal parts.

单词	bisect
释义	bisect [ verb bahy-sekt, bahy-sekt; noun bahy-sekt ] / verb baɪˈsɛkt, ˈbaɪ sɛkt; noun ˈbaɪ sɛkt / SEE SYNONYMS FOR bisect ON THESAURUS.COM verb (used with object) to cut or divide into two equal or nearly equal parts. Geometry. to cut or divide into two equal parts: to bisect an angle. to intersect or cross: the spot where the railroad tracks bisect the highway. verb (used without object) to split into two, as a road; fork: There's a charming old inn just before the road bisects. noun 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. Origin of bisect 1640–50; bi-¹ + -sect<Latin sectus, past participle of secāre to cut, sever; see section OTHER WORDS FROM bisect bi·sec·tion, nounbi·sec·tion·al, adjectivebi·sec·tion·al·ly, adverb WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH bisect bisect , dissect Words nearby bisect biscuit, biscuit bread, biscuit-fired, biscuit tortoni, bise, bisect, bisector, bisectrix, bisellium, biserial, biseriate Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for bisect When partition came in 1947, the Pashtun demanded the redrawing of the old borders of the Raj so as not to bisect their homeland. David's Book Club: Pakistan, Between Mosque and Military\|David Frum\|April 23, 2012\|DAILY BEAST After bisecting the Antiphasis, you can proceed to bisect each of the sections; and so on. Aristotle\|George Grote Bisect these distances, and these again, till you have a very close row of tacks, as in Fig. 12. Golden Days for Boys and Girls\|Various As the latter are perpendicular, they will bisect the angles between the other pair. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 6\|Various South Creek did not bisect Superior, as Don thought it might, but flowed in an arc through a southern segment of it. And Then the Town Took Off\|Richard Wilson Two chords of a circle, of which neither passes through the centre, cannot bisect each other. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 6\|Various British Dictionary definitions for bisect bisect / (baɪˈsɛkt) / verb (tr) maths to divide into two equal parts to cut or split into two Derived forms of bisect bisection (baɪˈsɛkʃən), noun Word Origin for bisect C17: bi- 1 + -sect from Latin secāre to cut 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 Words related to bisect cut across, fork, bifurcate, intersect, separate, halve, cross, cleave, split, dichotomize, furcate, divaricate, branch off, dimidiate, hemisect Scientific definitions for bisect bisect [ bī′sĕkt′, bī-sĕkt′ ] To cut or divide into two parts, especially two equal parts. The American Heritage® Science Dictionary Copyright © 2011. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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bisect

verb (used with object)

verb (used without object)

noun

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British Dictionary definitions for bisect

verb

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Word Origin for bisect

Words related to bisect

Scientific definitions for bisect