bisector
Americannoun
noun
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a straight line or plane that bisects an angle
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a line or plane that bisects another line
Etymology
Origin of bisector
Example Sentences
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So, if double, angle is 60°. is the perpendicular bisector of so it cuts in half.
From Textbooks ● Dec. 1, 2021
Angle is double angle so its measure is 60°. is the perpendicular bisector of so it cuts in half.
From Textbooks ● Feb. 13, 2015
The bisector of an angle of a triangle divides the opposite side into segments which are proportional to the adjacent sides.
From The Teaching of Geometry by Smith, David Eugene
Clearly there will be only one such pair unless the perpendicular bisector of GG' coincides with the line AA'.
From An Elementary Course in Synthetic Projective Geometry by Lehmer, Derrick Norman
This proposition enables us to compute the length of a bisector of a triangle if the lengths of the sides are known.
From The Teaching of Geometry by Smith, David Eugene
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