"trisection" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-trisection.wav Forms: trisections [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} trisection (countable and uncountable, plural trisections)
  1. (geometry) The act of division of something (such as an angle, line segment, or circle) into three parts, especially three equal parts. Tags: countable, uncountable Synonyms: trisegmentation Coordinate_terms: bisection, quadrisection Translations (division of angle into three): tredeling [common-gender] (Danish), (kulman) kolmijako (Finnish), tredeling [feminine, masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), tredeling [feminine] (Norwegian Nynorsk)
    Sense id: en-trisection-en-noun-gKeJfO5F Categories (other): Geometry, English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with entries, Terms with Danish translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations, Terms with Norwegian Nynorsk translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 48 52 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 46 54 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 46 54 Disambiguation of Terms with Danish translations: 46 54 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 46 54 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations: 46 54 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian Nynorsk translations: 46 54 Topics: geometry, mathematics, sciences Disambiguation of 'division of angle into three': 80 20
  2. Any of the three portions thus produced. Tags: countable, uncountable Synonyms: third#Noun, one-third#Noun Coordinate_terms: bisection, bisegment, half, ;, quadrisection, quarter
    Sense id: en-trisection-en-noun-pW545ifa Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Danish translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations, Terms with Norwegian Nynorsk translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 48 52 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 46 54 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 36 64 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 46 54 Disambiguation of Terms with Danish translations: 46 54 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 46 54 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations: 46 54 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian Nynorsk translations: 46 54
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: trisection point Related terms: trisect, trisected, trisegmented

Inflected forms

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