bisected; bisecting; bisects
: to divide into two usually equal parts
bisectionally
adverb
Examples of bisect in a Sentence
Draw a line that bisects the angle.
The city is bisected by the highway.
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Hard red winter wheat leans with the wind while the knife of 83
bisects sunlight barely over
the near horizon.
—
Anthony Walton, The New Yorker, 15 July 2024
City leaders announced the first step Tuesday toward eliminating vehicles on a less than half-mile stretch of Wilshire Boulevard bisecting MacArthur Park.
—Rachel Uranga, Los Angeles Times, 10 July 2024
City leaders have proposed eliminating vehicles on a stretch of Wilshire Boulevard bisecting MacArthur Park.
—Bruce Haring, Deadline, 10 July 2024
The marshes—vast, open areas of green, grassy wetlands bisected by serpentine creeks, flooded daily by tides—line parts of coasts in the U.S. and many other countries.
—Michael Adno, Scientific American, 25 June 2024
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Anthony Walton, The New Yorker, 15 July 2024
City leaders announced the first step Tuesday toward eliminating vehicles on a less than half-mile stretch of Wilshire Boulevard bisecting MacArthur Park.
—Rachel Uranga, Los Angeles Times, 10 July 2024
City leaders have proposed eliminating vehicles on a stretch of Wilshire Boulevard bisecting MacArthur Park.
—Bruce Haring, Deadline, 10 July 2024
The marshes—vast, open areas of green, grassy wetlands bisected by serpentine creeks, flooded daily by tides—line parts of coasts in the U.S. and many other countries.
—Michael Adno, Scientific American, 25 June 2024
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bisect
verb
bi·sect
ˈbī-ˌsekt 
bī-ˈsekt
1
: to divide into two usually equal parts
2
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