dimidiating

Variant of dimidiate

dimidiate definition

di·midi·ate (di mid′ē āt′, dī-)

adjective

  1. halved
  2. Biol. having only one half developed
  3. Bot. split on one side, as the calyptra of mosses

Etymology: < L dimidiatus, pp. of dimidiare, to divide into halves < dimidium, a half < dis-, apart, from + medius, mid

transitive verb dimidiated -·at′ed, dimidiating -·at′·ing

Archaic to halve

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