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polychotomous

polychotomous adjective: divisible or separable into multiple groups or pieces.

Adjective

polychotomous (not comparable)

  1. Divisible or separable into multiple groups or pieces.

Origin of polychotomous

From polychotomy + -ous.

Questions about polychotomous

What does polychotomous mean?
Polychotomous means divisible or separable into multiple groups or pieces.
What part of speech is polychotomous?
Polychotomous is an adjective.

Words near polychotomous in the dictionary

  1. polychorionic
  2. polychoron
  3. polychorons
  4. polychorous
  5. polychotomies
  6. polychotomous
  7. polychotomously
  8. polychotomy
  9. polychrest
  10. polychrest salt
  11. polychrest salts

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