Definition of Bisection

1. Noun. Dividing into two equal parts.

Generic synonyms: Division
Derivative terms: Bisect

Definition of Bisection

1. n. Division into two parts, esp. two equal parts.

Definition of Bisection

1. Noun. A division into two parts, especially into two equal parts ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Bisection

1. [n -S]

Medical Definition of Bisection

1. Division into two parts, especially. Two equal parts. Origin: Cf. F. Bissection. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Bisection

biscuit bite
biscuiteer
biscuitless
biscuitlike
biscuits
biscuity
biscutate
bisdequalinium chloride
bise
bisecant
bisecants
bisect
bisectarian
bisected
bisecting
bisection (current term)
bisectional
bisectionally
bisections
bisector
bisectors
bisectrices
bisectrix
bisectrixes
bisects
bisegment
bisegments
bisemic
bisensory
biseptate

Literary usage of Bisection

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Proceedings of the Iowa Academy of Science by Iowa Academy of Science (1905)
"bisection OF MOUNTAIN BLOCKS IN THE GREAT BASIN REGION. BY CHARLES R. KEYES. (Abstract). An interesting phase of mountain structure has recently come to ..."

2. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society by Royal Astronomical Society (1883)
"Power. Time of Time nl' Observation. Observation. NA hms Jan. 7 III. Tr. Ingr. First contact 195 6 29 37 \ bisection „ 6 32 47 [ 6 32 Last contact „ 6 38 12 ..."

3. Publications of the Washburn Observatory of the University of Wisconsin by Washburn Observatory, Edward Singleton Holden (1886)
"PROBABLE ERRORS OF A SINGLE bisection OF POLARIS IN 1884-5. ... The probable error of 1 bisection has been deduced as follows: Date Daylight Observations; ..."

4. Geometrical Problems Deducible from the First Six Books of Euclid: Arranged by Miles Bland (1827)
"If through the point of bisection of the base of a triangle any line be drawn, intersecting one side of the triangle, and the other produced, and meeting a ..."

5. Cartesian Plane Geometry by Charlotte Angas Scott (1907)
"Find the locus of the points of bisection of chords of zz+ 4t/2 = 100 with slope 2. ... In these examples it is seen that the points of bisection of the ..."

6. Analytical Statics: A Supplement to the Fourth Edition of an Elementary by William Whewell (1833)
"For all angles which can be obtained by the continual bisection of an angle of ... By continual bisection we may make the angle 0 smaller than any assigned ..."

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