bisection

Noun

bisection (countable and uncountable, plural bisections)

1. An act of division into two parts, especially two equal parts.
   • If the Arches BI and IK be cut in the middle in a, and b, likewiſe the Arches DM, ML being cut in the middle in c and d; and the Chords of the Bifegments in the Arch BK being drawn; likewiſe the Chords of the Biſegments in the Arch DL; alſo theſe will be as AB to AD, and they will always be ſo, if...1685, Venterus Mandey, Mellificium Mensionis: Or, the Marrow of Measuring, 2nd edition, London: Thomas Howkins, page 73
   • After all, Usamah had served the sadist Zangi and, if read in full, his account presents a picture of Islamic violence no less shocking to modern sensibilities: the collecting of Christian heads, the crucifying and bisections of their own soldiers and heretics, the severe punishments of Islamic...2011, Simon Sebag Montefiore, Jerusalem: The Biography – A History of the Middle East, page 276

   Synonyms:

   bisegmentation

2. Either of the two portions thus produced.

   Synonyms:

   bisegment, half, one-half

3. The act of bisecting.