dissected
Americanadjective
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Botany. deeply divided into numerous segments, as a leaf.
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Physical Geography. separated, by erosion, into many closely spaced crevices or gorges, as the surface of a plateau.
adjective
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botany in the form of narrow lobes or segments
dissected leaves
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geology (of plains) cut by erosion into hills and valleys, esp following tectonic movements
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Somewhere in Tau’s servers, hours of video footage may be getting dissected frame by frame, annotated and then used to train more capable robots.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 16, 2026
When researchers dissected the plants, they discovered that a species of predatory wasp was using the hollow chambers for an entirely different purpose.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 6, 2026
Joseph Fransen, the study’s chief author, told the Commission that he took inspiration from the federal government’s 9/11 after-action report, which dissected mistakes leading up to the terrorist attack.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 12, 2026
Gunther von Hagens, the creator of the controversial "Body Worlds" exhibitions where dissected human and animal bodies were displayed, has died at the age of 81, according to his family.
From BBC ● Jul. 27, 2026
Under that tarp, wearing space suits, they dissected any small animals they had trapped, looking for signs of Marburg virus.
From "The Hot Zone" by Richard Preston
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