"dimidiation" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /dɪˌmɪdɪˈeɪʃən/ [Received-Pronunciation], /daɪˌmɪdɪˈeɪʃən/ [Received-Pronunciation] Forms: dimidiations [plural]
enPR: dĭmĭ'dĭāʹshən [Received-Pronunciation] Etymology: Continuing the Middle English dimydicion (circa 1425, in an arithmetical sense), from the Late Latin dīmidiātiō. Etymology templates: {{der|en|enm|dimydicion}} Middle English dimydicion, {{der|en|LL.|dīmidiātiō}} Late Latin dīmidiātiō Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} dimidiation (countable and uncountable, plural dimidiations)
  1. The act of dividing into halves. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (act of dividing into halves): dīmidiātiō [Late-Latin, feminine] (Latin), dimydicion (Middle English)
    Sense id: en-dimidiation-en-noun-pQvomJvc Disambiguation of 'act of dividing into halves': 84 14 2
  2. The condition of being divided into halves. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-dimidiation-en-noun-gYY~Swkl
  3. (heraldry) A marshalling of two coats of arms by the bisection per pale of their escutcheons and forming a new coat of arms from the dexter half of one coat and the sinister half of the other. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Heraldry, Two Translations (heraldry: marshalling of two coats of arms from the dexter half of one coat and the sinister half of the other): dīmidiātiō [Mediaeval, feminine] (Latin), dimidiation [common-gender] (Swedish), halvering [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-dimidiation-en-noun-UtXb6ciJ Disambiguation of Two: 13 12 74 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 7 9 84 Topics: government, heraldry, hobbies, lifestyle, monarchy, nobility, politics Disambiguation of 'heraldry: marshalling of two coats of arms from the dexter half of one coat and the sinister half of the other': 3 3 95
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: dimidiate, dimidiated, dimidiately, impalement

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