"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, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Spanish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 9 91 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 16 84 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 13 87 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 7 93 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 23 77 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 16 84 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 18 82 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 22 78 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 11 89 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, misbisection Related terms: bisect

Inflected forms

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