bisectional

Variant of bisect

transitive verb

  1. to cut in two
  2. Geom. to divide into two equal parts

Origin: < ModL bisectus, pp. of bisecare < L bi-, bi- + secare, to cut: see saw

intransitive verb

to divide; fork

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