trisect
verb (used with object)
to divide into three parts, especially into three equal parts.
trisection
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a word derived from
trisect.
Example Sentences
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But while we cannot trisect the angle, we may easily approximate trisection.
From The Teaching of Geometry by David Eugene Smith
Yet the problem of the trisection is frequently attacked by men of some mathematical education.
From The Reminiscences of an Astronomer by Simon Newcomb
Stops, each occupying one-eighth of the width, and with centres situated at the points of trisection, answer well the required purpose.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 4 "Diameter" to "Dinarchus" by Various
Trisection of the Circle.—Has the problem of the trisection of the angle been solved? or, if not, is there any reward for its solution; and what steps should be taken to obtain it?
From Notes and Queries, Number 77, April 19, 1851 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc by George Bell
Trisection -- N. trisection, tripartition†, trichotomy; third, third part.
From Roget's Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases by Peter Mark Roget
