trisect
Americanverb (used with object)
verb
Other Word Forms
Etymology
Origin of trisect
1685–95; tri- + -sect < Latin sectus, past participle of secāre to cut, sever; see section
Example Sentences
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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 Simon Newcomb
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 David Eugene Smith
We must trisect the main section, where the largest concentration of buildings is.
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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