bisect
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bisect
- /baɪˈsɛkt/ US
Rhymes with -ɛkt
Where it comes from
From bi- (“bi-, two”) + Latin secāre (“to cut”).
verb bisects · bisecting · bisected
- To cut or divide into two parts. The river bisects the town.
- To divide an angle, line segment, or other figure into two equal parts.
- To perform a binary search on files in source control in order to identify the specific change that introduced a bug etc.
Similar: dichotomize, dimidiate, bipartition, bisect, half, halve
noun bisects
- A bisector, which divides into two equal parts.
- An envelope, card, or fragment thereof showing an affixed cut half of a regular issued stamp, over which one or more postal markings have been applied. Typically used in wartime when normal lower rate stamps may not be available.
