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trisect

[ trahy-sekt, trahy-sekt ]

verb (used with object)

  1. to divide into three parts, especially into three equal parts.


trisect

/ traɪˈsɛkʃən; traɪˈsɛkt /

verb

  1. tr to divide into three parts, esp three equal parts
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Derived Forms

  • triˈsector, noun
  • trisection, noun
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Other Words From

  • tri·section noun
  • tri·sector noun
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Word History and Origins

Origin of trisect1

1685–95; tri- + -sect < Latin sectus, past participle of secāre to cut, sever; section
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Word History and Origins

Origin of trisect1

C17: tri- + -sect from Latin secāre to cut
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Example Sentences

In addition they learned how to bisect and trisect the angle.

But while we cannot trisect the angle, we may easily approximate trisection.

A method to trisect a series of angles having relation to each other; also another to trisect any given angle.

Then the three coils should trisect dead center, if the models were correct.

We must trisect the main section, where the largest concentration of buildings is.

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