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bisect
To bisect is to cut into two parts.
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bi-, bin-, bino-, bis-
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sec-, seg-, -sect, -section, -sectional
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bisect, dissect
bisect (BIGH sekt", bigh SEKT) (verb)
To cut or to divide into two parts; especially, two equal parts: The lines on the map served to bisect the property into two sections.
dissect (di SEKT, digh SEKT, DIGH sekt") (verb)
To separate into sections for close scientific analysis or interpretation: The students in the biology class each had a frog to dissect as their class project.
The diagram showing us how to dissect the specimen directed us first to bisect it from right to left.
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bi-, bin-, bino-, bis-
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Confusing Words Clarified: Group B; Homonyms, Homophones, Homographs, Synonyms, Polysemes, etc.
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