bisect

verb

bi·sect ˈbī-ˌsekt

bī-ˈsekt

bisected; bisecting; bisects

Synonyms of bisect next

transitive verb

: to divide into two usually equal parts

intransitive verb

: cross, intersect

bisection

ˈbī-ˌsek-shən

bī-ˈsek-

noun

bisectional

ˈbī-ˌsek-shnəl

-shə-nᵊl

adjective

bisectionally adverb

Examples of bisect in a Sentence

Draw a line that bisects the angle. The city is bisected by the highway.

Recent Examples on the Web The city, just 25 miles from the Russian border, is bisected by the Oskil River, and crossing it would invite targeted strikes. —

Serhii Korolchuk, Washington Post, 7 Sep. 2023 There's a nearby canal that bisects the cape from the mainland, alongside which there happens to also be a good spot for biking and skating along Buzzard's Bay with views of the striking Railroad Bridge. —

Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure, 28 Aug. 2023 His office is in the boomtown of Kolwezi, where concrete walls topped with razor wire bisect the huge tawny steppes of mining waste towering over the city. —

Arlette Bashizi, Washington Post, 5 July 2023 The dam has for decades held back the Dnieper River, a major waterway that bisects the front lines in the southern Kherson region between Russian and Ukrainian forces. —

Alexander Smith, NBC News, 6 June 2023 Today, visitors reach the home via a flagstone path that bisects the property’s abundant kitchen garden — planted with cabbage, fennel and broccoli — and leads to its stainless-steel front door, a nod to the site’s agricultural past. —

Ellie Pithers, New York Times, 21 July 2023 While there’s some storylines deserving your attention, there are many that simply bisect the main quests at the most inconvenient times. —

Joshua Khan, Rolling Stone, 22 June 2023 Future plans for the roadway, which bisected a neighborhood and destroyed potential historic sites, remain a concern, as the state weighs plans for a new I-10 bridge farther south. —

Lawrence Specker | Lspecker@al.com, al, 9 July 2023 North Baltimore residents are appealing a Baltimore circuit judge’s May decision affirming the legality of a funeral home’s plans to install a crematorium, extending the feud that united neighborhoods bisected by York Road. —

Dan Belson, Baltimore Sun, 19 June 2023 See More

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