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bisections

bisections is the plural of bisection.

Meaning of 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
    Synonyms:
    bisegmentation
  2. Either of the two portions thus produced.
    Synonyms:
    bisegment, half, one-half
  3. The act of bisecting.

Questions about bisections

What is bisections the plural of?
Bisections is the plural of bisection.

Words near bisections in the dictionary

  1. bisection methods
  2. bisectional
  3. bisectionally
  4. bisectioning
  5. bisectionings
  6. bisections
  7. bisector
  8. bisectoral
  9. bisectors
  10. bisectrices
  11. bisectrix

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