bisectio

Latin

Etymology

From bisecō +‎ -tiō.

Pronunciation

Noun

bisectiō f (genitive bisectiōnis); third declension

  1. (geometry, New Latin) bisection; the act of cutting into two equal parts.
    • 1754, Christian Wolff, Elementa Matheseos Universae:
      Dīcitur autem haec dīvīsiō bīsectiō, et pars dīmīdia bīsegmentum.
      Moreover this division is called bisection, and the halved part a bisegment.

Declension

Third-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative bisectiō bisectiōnēs
genitive bisectiōnis bisectiōnum
dative bisectiōnī bisectiōnibus
accusative bisectiōnem bisectiōnēs
ablative bisectiōne bisectiōnibus
vocative bisectiō bisectiōnēs

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