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dimidiation

UK/dɪˌmɪdɪˈeɪʃən/

dimidiation noun: the act of dividing into halves.

Noun

dimidiation (countable and uncountable, plural dimidiations)

  1. The act of dividing into halves.
  2. The condition of being divided into halves.
  3. A marshalling of two coats of arms by the bisection per pale of their escutcheons and forming a new coat of arms from the dexter half of one coat and the sinister half of the other.

Forms of dimidiation

pluraldimidiations

Origin of dimidiation

Continuing the Middle English dimydicion (circa 1425, in an arithmetical sense), from the Late Latin dīmidiātiō.

Questions about dimidiation

What does dimidiation mean?
Dimidiation means the act of dividing into halves.
What part of speech is dimidiation?
Dimidiation is a noun.
How do you pronounce dimidiation?
Dimidiation is pronounced /dɪˌmɪdɪˈeɪʃən/ (UK).
What is the plural of dimidiation?
The plural of dimidiation is dimidiations.

Words near dimidiation in the dictionary

  1. dimidiate
  2. dimidiated
  3. dimidiately
  4. dimidiates
  5. dimidiating
  6. dimidiation
  7. dimidiations
  8. Dimidium
  9. dimidium dimidiumque
  10. Dimili
  11. dimin.

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