bisect
English edit
Etymology edit
bi- (“bi-, two”) + Latin secāre (“to cut”)
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
bisect (third-person singular simple present bisects, present participle bisecting, simple past and past participle bisected)
- (transitive) To cut or divide into two parts.
- 1911, James George Frazer, The Golden Bough, volume 7, page 84:
- The quadrennial period of games and festivals in Greece was probably arrived at by bisecting an older octennial period.
- (transitive, geometry) To divide an angle, line segment, or other figure into two equal parts.
- (computing) To perform a binary search on files in source control in order to identify the specific change that introduced a bug etc.
Synonyms edit
- (to divide into two parts): dichotomize, dimidiate; see also Thesaurus:bisect
Translations edit
to cut or divide into two parts
geometry: to divide an angle, line segment or other figure into two equal parts
Noun edit
bisect (plural bisects)
- (geometry) A bisector, which divides into two equal parts.
- (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.
Translations edit
geometry: a bisector
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philately: an envelope or card
See also edit
Romanian edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from French bissexte, from Latin bisextus.
Adjective edit
bisect m or n (feminine singular bisectă, masculine plural bisecți, feminine and neuter plural bisecte)
Declension edit
Declension of bisect
singular | plural | ||||||
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masculine | neuter | feminine | masculine | neuter | feminine | ||
nominative/ accusative |
indefinite | bisect | bisectă | bisecți | bisecte | ||
definite | bisectul | bisecta | bisecții | bisectele | |||
genitive/ dative |
indefinite | bisect | bisecte | bisecți | bisecte | ||
definite | bisectului | bisectei | bisecților | bisectelor |