"trisection point" meaning in English

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          "text": "The centroid of a triangle is, by definition, the point of intersection of the three medians: moreover, it is a trisection point of each of the medians.",
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          "text": "1959 [Doubleday], William R. Gondin, Bernard Sohmer, Intermediate Algebra & Analytic Geometry Made Simple, 1967, W. H. Allen, page 147,\nFind the trisection points of the line P_4P_5 in the same diagram."
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          "text": "1965, Paul A. White, Vector Analytic Geometry, Dickenson Publishing Company, page 73,\nIn triangle ABC, let E be the midpoint of BC and D the trisection point of AC nearest C."
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          "text": "1998, Paul J. Nahin, An Imaginary Tale: The Story of √, Princeton University Press, 2010, paperback, page 88,\nAnd if λ=2, then P is a trisection point of P_1P_2 and\nz=(z_1+2z_2)/3.\nNotice that this trisection point is closer to P_2 than it is to P_1. The other trisection point, the one that is closer to P_1 than it is to P_2, occurs for λ= tfrac 1 2, which gives\nz=(2z_1+z_2)/3."
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        "Either of two points which trisect a given line segment."
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        "(geometry) Either of two points which trisect a given line segment."
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