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  

/ traɪˈsɛkt /

verb

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

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Other Word Forms

• trisection
  noun
• trisector
  noun

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Etymology

Origin of trisect

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

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Example Sentences

See Examples For:

trisect

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 Israel Zangwill

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

From The Crystal Crypt by Philip K. Dick

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

From The Crystal Crypt by Philip K. Dick

Thus, to trisect an angle of 90° we need only to construct an angle of 60°, and this can be done by constructing an equilateral triangle.

From The Teaching of Geometry by David Eugene Smith

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