dissected

American  

[dih-sek-tid, dahy-] / dɪˈsɛk tɪd, daɪ- /

adjective

1. Botany. deeply divided into numerous segments, as a leaf.

2. Physical Geography. separated, by erosion, into many closely spaced crevices or gorges, as the surface of a plateau.

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dissected British  

/ daɪ-, dɪˈsɛktɪd /

adjective

1. botany in the form of narrow lobes or segments

   dissected leaves

2. geology (of plains) cut by erosion into hills and valleys, esp following tectonic movements

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Other Word Forms

• undissected adjective
• well-dissected adjective

Etymology

Origin of dissected

First recorded in 1625–35; dissect + -ed ²

Example Sentences

The unsealed court filings mark the latest chapter in a case which has been dissected by internet sleuths for months.

From BBC

"It is not the same to have your entire self debated, ripped apart, dissected, insulted, trampled on in this chamber and more widely as though it were a mere abstract question," he said.

From BBC

Everything nowadays is documented, live-streamed and dissected, so his silence represented something my generation is deeply uncomfortable with: the absence of a narrative.

From The Wall Street Journal

His eyebrow-raising biography is dissected by way of inventive vignettes that blend performance and wildly interactive sets.

From Los Angeles Times

The powerful men connected to him are named, dissected and speculated about.

From Salon