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bisegment

bisegment noun: one of two equal parts of a line segment, circle, polygon, or other entity.

bisegment: one of two equal parts of a line segment, circle, polygon, or other entity
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Noun

bisegment (plural bisegments)

  1. One of two equal parts of a line segment, circle, polygon, or other entity.
    • 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
    • The initial experience with ALPPS [associating liver partition and portal vein ligation for staged hepatectomy] reported by Schnitzbauer et al. demonstrated a higher FLR regeneration rate of 74% after first stage, compared with that after right portal vein embolization (PVE) or portal vein ligation...2018, Quyen D. Chu, “ALPPS or two-stage hepatectomy? Two-stage hepatectomy”, in Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary and Transplant Surgery: Practical Management of Dilemmas, Beaux Books Publishing, →ISBN, pages...
    Synonyms:
    bisection, half, one-half

Synonyms of bisegment

Forms of bisegment

pluralbisegments

Origin of bisegment

From bi- + segment.

Questions about bisegment

What does bisegment mean?
Bisegment means one of two equal parts of a line segment, circle, polygon, or other entity.
What part of speech is bisegment?
Bisegment is a noun.
What is the plural of bisegment?
The plural of bisegment is bisegments.

Words near bisegment in the dictionary

  1. bisectors
  2. bisectrices
  3. bisectrix
  4. bisectrixes
  5. bisects
  6. bisegment
  7. bisegmental
  8. bisegmentation
  9. bisegmentations
  10. bisegmentectomies
  11. bisegmentectomy

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