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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024dis•sect•ed (di sek′tid, dī-),USA pronunciation adj. - Biology[Bot.]deeply divided into numerous segments, as a leaf.
- Geology[Phys. Geog.]separated, by erosion, into many closely spaced crevices or gorges, as the surface of a plateau.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: dissected /dɪˈsɛktɪd daɪ-/ adj - in the form of narrow lobes or segments
- (of plains) cut by erosion into hills and valleys, esp following tectonic movements
dis•sect /dɪˈsɛkt, daɪ-/USA pronunciation v. [~ + object]- Anatomyto cut apart (an animal body, a plant, etc.) to examine the structure and relation of parts:In biology class we had to dissect a frog.
- to examine in detail part by part; analyze:Your assignment is to dissect the poem.
dis•sec•tion /dɪˈsɛkʃən, daɪ-/USA pronunciation n. [countable]performed several frog dissections.[uncountable]to subject the frog to dissection.See -sect-. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024dis•sect (di sekt′, dī-),USA pronunciation v.t. - Anatomyto cut apart (an animal body, plant, etc.) to examine the structure, relation of parts, or the like.
- to examine minutely part by part;
analyze:to dissect an idea.
- Latin dissectus (past participle of dissecāre to cut up), equivalent. to dis- dis-1 + sec- cut + -tus past participle suffix
- 1600–10
- 1, 2.See corresponding entry in Unabridged anatomize.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: dissect /dɪˈsɛkt daɪ-/ vb - to cut open and examine the structure of (a dead animal or plant)
- (transitive) to examine critically and minutely
Etymology: 17th Century: from Latin dissecāre, from dis-1 + secāre to cutdisˈsection n disˈsector n |