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; see section

Example Sentences

Could you use those tools to trisect an angle?

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

The mathematician of to-day admits that he can neither square the circle, duplicate the cube or trisect the angle.

From Side-Lights on Astronomy and Kindred Fields of Popular Science by Newcomb, Simon

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 Smith, David Eugene

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

From The Crystal Crypt by Dick, Philip K.

Definition:       A welfare state is bhl iff it remains meaningful to trisect its membership into the economic classes of Low and High productivity workers and permanent Benefit recipients.

From Definition & Reality in the General Theory of Political Economy by Colignatus, Thomas