"bisection" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /baɪˈsɛkʃən/ [US] Forms: bisections [plural]
enPR: bīsĕk'shən [US] Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} bisection (countable and uncountable, plural bisections)
  1. A division into two parts, especially into two equal parts. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (a division into two parts, especially into two equal parts): půlení [neuter] (Czech), rozpůlení [neuter] (Czech), puolitus (Finnish), bissection [feminine] (French), bisectriz [feminine] (Portuguese), bisectriz [feminine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-bisection-en-noun-aisds-US Disambiguation of 'a division into two parts, especially into two equal parts': 98 2
  2. (computing) The act of bisecting. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Computing
    Sense id: en-bisection-en-noun-nTnUREGb Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 10 90 Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: bisection, dichotomy, halving Hypernyms: division, partition Hyponyms: bifurcation Derived forms: bisection algorithm, bisection bandwidth, bisection method Related terms: bisect

Inflected forms

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