dichotomize

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dichotomize

  • /dʌɪˈkɒtəmʌɪz/ UK

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From Ancient Greek διχότομος (dikhótomos) + -ize.

verb dichotomizes · dichotomizing · dichotomized

  1. transitive To separate into two parts, to classify into two classes, or to categorize into two categories. The apostolical benediction dichotomizes all good things into grace and peace.
  2. intransitive To be divided into two.
  3. To exhibit as a half disk. If the moon was a perfectly smooth sphere […] the place when she was dichotomized, […] would depend upon the sun's distance from the earth.

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