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Definition of Trisection
1. n. The division of a thing into three parts, Specifically: (Geom.) the division of an angle into three equal parts.
Definition of Trisection
1. Noun. (mathematics) The division of an angle into three equal parts ¹
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Definition of Trisection
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Medical Definition of Trisection
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Literary usage of Trisection
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Edinburgh by Royal Society of Edinburgh (1904)
"By Professor Chrystal. (Read November 4, 1901. Issued separately February 12, 1902.)
The problem of the trisection of an angle ..."
2. Annual Record of Science and Industry for 1871-78 by Spencer Fullerton Baird (1876)
"THE trisection OF AN ANGLE. The problem of the trisection of a circular arc has
... Three other methods of effecting this trisection are also given by ..."
3. A History of Greek Mathematics by Thomas Little Heath (1921)
"trisection (or division in any ratio) of any angle. The method of trisecting any
angle based on a certain vtv(ris is next described, with the solution of ..."
4. The Mathematical Monthly by John Daniel Runkle (1860)
"Remarks upon a (supposed) new Instrument for the Mechanical trisection of an Angle.
— - The Philosophical Magazine for April, 1860, contains an account, ..."
5. Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal by Asiatic Society of Bengal (1832)
"On the trisection of Angles. By Mr. W. Masters, Verulam Academy. In one of the
late numbers of the United Service Journal, there is an article on the ..."
6. A Budget of Paradoxes by Augustus De Morgan (1915)
"In 1852 I examined a terrific construction, at the request of the late Dr.
Wallich,7 who was anxious to persuade a poor countryman of his, that trisection ..."
7. An Elementary Treatise on the Differential Calculus Founded on the Method of by John Minot Rice, William Woolsey Johnson (1877)
"... the inventor of this curve, was a Greek mathematician of the second century
AD The trisection of an Angle by means of the Conchoid. 260. ..."
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