bisect
verb (used with object)
to cut or divide into two equal or nearly equal parts.
bisecting
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present participleof bisect.present participle
A verb form that is used in progressive verb constructions and may also function as a modifier or a gerund.
Example Sentences
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Humanitarian workers have to carry out special co-ordination to cross the Israeli military zone bisecting the territory.
From BBC ● Jan. 1, 2025
Close inspection also shows a faint horizontal line bisecting each Milky Way star, which is caused by light bending around a support strut of the telescope’s secondary mirror.
From Scientific American ● Nov. 3, 2023
People cheered the trucks full of soldiers speeding through the road bisecting the town, as women and children sat under tents eating bread, cheese and vegetable stew.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 16, 2023
A street with the simple name of Tsentralna — Central — cuts a straight line through Borodyanka, bisecting neighborhoods of modest wood or brick homes that give way to forests and fields.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 15, 2022
Surely Carl had listened to his radio, the lighthouse radioman dispensing advice, the freighter’s navigator calling in positions, taking readings off Lanheedron Island, then suddenly deciding on a bisecting dogleg right through Ship Channel Bank.
From "Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel" by David Guterson
