| Part of Speech | Definition | |
| Verb | 1. To halve.[Eve - graph theoretic] 2. Present participle conjugation of the verb bisect.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Verb Base (bisect) | 1. Cut in half or cut in two; "bisect a line".[Wordnet]. 2. To cut or divide into two parts.[Websters]. 3. To divide into two equal parts.[Websters]. 4. Base verb from the following inflections: bisecting, bisected, bisects, bisector, bisectors, bisectingly and bisectedly.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
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Date "BISECTING" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1801. (references) |
Specialty Definition: BISECTING
| Domain | Definition | ||
| Noah Webster | [Verb] Dividing into two equal parts.. Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary. | ||
| Wiktionary | [Verb] Present participle of bisect. (references) | ||
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Common Expressions: bisect
| Expressions | Definition | ||
| Bisect (philately) | A Bisect is a genuine postal item like an original envelope, a wrapper or a postcard (or a fragment) showing an affixed cut half of a regular issued stamp, over which one or more postal markings have been applied. (references) | ||
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Topics by Level of Interest: bisect | ||||
| Topics sorted by level of Interest | Level (1=low, 600=high) | Topics sorted Alphabetically | Level (1=low, 600=high) | |
| Bisect | 6 | Bisect | 6 | |
| Bisect (philately) | 4 | Bisect (philately) | 4 | |
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