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
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
We must trisect the main section, where the largest concentration of buildings is.
From The Crystal Crypt by Dick, Philip K.
"Then the three coils should trisect dead center, if the models were correct."
From The Crystal Crypt by Dick, Philip K.
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
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