trisect

American  

[trahy-sekt, trahy-sekt] / traɪˈsɛkt, ˈtraɪ sɛkt /

verb (used with object)

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

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trisect British  

/ traɪˈsɛkʃən, traɪˈsɛkt /

verb

1. (tr) to divide into three parts, esp three equal parts

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Other Word Forms

• trisection noun
• trisector noun

Etymology

Origin of trisect

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

Example Sentences

Could you use those tools to trisect an angle?

From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife

In vain Pinchas reminded the President they would need Collectors to make house to house calls; three other members were chosen to trisect the Ghetto.

From Children of the Ghetto A Study of a Peculiar People by Zangwill, Israel

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

From A Budget of Paradoxes, Volume II by Smith, David Eugene

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

From The Crystal Crypt by Dick, Philip K.

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

From The Teaching of Geometry by Smith, David Eugene