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Definition of Trisects
1. trisect [v] - See also: trisect
Lexicographical Neighbors of Trisects
Literary usage of Trisects
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Modern Geometry by Charles Godfrey, Arthur Warry Siddons (1908)
"Then G is the centroid: it lies on the median Aa and trisects it. Similarly the
same point G lies 01j each of the other medians, ..."
2. The Annals of Philosophy by Richard Phillips, E W Brayley (1824)
"3,)—Drawing the diameter Ep, and the line Apr the latter bisects the radius Bc
in q, and trisects BE in r. Let jV be the point in which EP, perpendicular to ..."
3. Plane Geometry: With Problems and Applications by Herbert Ellsworth Slaught, Nels Johann Lennes (1910)
"That is, O trisects AE and BD. In the same way we find that AE and CH meet in a
point o' which trisects each of them. ..."
4. The Mechanics' Magazine, Museum, Register, Journal, and Gazette (1845)
"... tiple arc will coincide with the point which trisects the given arc A B.
This can be proved arithmetically at once on the well-known problem for ..."
5. The Elements of Plane and Solid Geometry: With Numerous Exercises by Edward Albert Bowser (1891)
"Let ABC be aA ; D, E, F, the mid. pts. of BC, AC, AB; and AD, BE, CF, the three
medial lines. To prove that these lines meet in the pt. that trisects them. ..."
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