trisection
- a word derived from trisect.
Example Sentences
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He also contributes to the history of the trisection of an angle.
From The Teaching of Geometry by Smith, David Eugene
As the trisection of the triangle is, perhaps, the simplest of the three problems," said the lecturer, with almost judicial calmness, "we will, if you please, begin with that.
From The Mummy and Miss Nitocris A Phantasy of the Fourth Dimension by Griffith, George Chetwynd
Trisection -- N. trisection, tripartition†, trichotomy; third, third part.
From Roget's Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases by Roget, Peter Mark
But while we cannot trisect the angle, we may easily approximate trisection.
From The Teaching of Geometry by Smith, David Eugene
There is a trisection of which I have lost both cutting and reference: I think it is in the United Service Journal.
From A Budget of Paradoxes, Volume II by Smith, David Eugene
