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Definition of Bisect
1. Verb. Cut in half or cut in two. "Bisect a line"
Definition of Bisect
1. v. t. To cut or divide into two parts.
Definition of Bisect
1. Verb. To cut or divide into two parts. ¹
2. Verb. (geometry) To divide an angle, line segment, or other figure into two equal parts. ¹
3. Noun. (geometry) A bisector, which divides into two equal parts. ¹
4. Noun. (philately) An envelope, card, or fragment thereof showing an affixed cut half of a regular issued stamp, over which one or more postal markings have been applied. Typically used in wartime when normal lower rate stamps may not be available. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Bisect
1. to cut into two parts [v -ED, -ING, -S]
Medical Definition of Bisect
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1. To cut or divide into two parts.
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Bisect
Literary usage of Bisect
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Mechanics' and Engineers' Pocket-book of Tables, Rules, and Formulas by Charles Haynes Haswell (1920)
"From points А В erect indefinite perpendiculars A/, Be; produce А В to m and n,
and bisect angles mAo and n Bj> with AM and Br. Make А и and Br equal to AB, ..."
2. Mathematical Questions and Solutions by W. J. C. Miller (1881)
"Similarly, since CHMD is a parallelogram, MC and IID bisect each other, therefore
AK and MC bisect each other at the middle point of HD ; and similarly any ..."
3. An Elementary Treatise on Plane and Solid Geometry by Benjamin Peirce (1873)
"To bisect a given arc AB (fig. 74). Solution. Find a point D at equal distances
from A and B. Through the point 1) and the centre C draw the line CD, ..."
4. Mechanical Drawing Problems for High Schools, Normal Schools and Vocational by Edward Berg, Emil Fritjoff Kronquist (1918)
"Prob, i—To bisect a line as AB. With centers A and B, and any radius ... The line
will bisect the line AB. Prob. 2—To bisect the arc of a circle as AB. ..."
5. The Mechanic's Text-book and Engineer's Pocket Guide: Containing a Concise by John Frost (1849)
"Suppose ABC the given triangle; bisect one of its sides, as AB in e, from which
describe the semicircle ArB; bisect the same in r, and from B, ..."
6. Elements of Analytic Geometry by Joseph Johnston Hardy (1897)
"If any diameter bisect a system of chords which are parallel to a second diameter,
... Let OP bisect a system of parallel chords represented by TU ..."
7. A Treatise on Geometry and Its Application in the Arts by Dionysius Lardner (1840)
"For if it bisect the base, let the part of the triangle to the left of cC be ...
If the perpendicular to the base bisect the angle c; then doubling over the ..."
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