bisected; bisecting; bisects
: to divide into two usually equal parts
Examples of bisect in a Sentence
Draw a line that bisects the angle.
The city is bisected by the highway.
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As rebel and former regime forces bisected regions and cities, people left their homes.
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Emily Feng, NPR, 25 Nov. 2025
Day 3 Waterfall Hunting Chattanooga sits on the Tennessee River, surrounded by steep mountains bisected by spring-fed creeks.
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Successfully translating the songs and script of a beloved musical onto film is no easy feat, but the task was made even more challenging from Chu and his team when it was decided to bisect the story into two separate parts.
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Perhaps the most intriguing thing shown here are the tracks bisecting Park Street.
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Emily Feng, NPR, 25 Nov. 2025
Day 3 Waterfall Hunting Chattanooga sits on the Tennessee River, surrounded by steep mountains bisected by spring-fed creeks.
—Graham Averill, Outside, 20 Nov. 2025
Successfully translating the songs and script of a beloved musical onto film is no easy feat, but the task was made even more challenging from Chu and his team when it was decided to bisect the story into two separate parts.
—Kristin Robinson, Billboard, 6 Nov. 2025
Perhaps the most intriguing thing shown here are the tracks bisecting Park Street.
—Randy Mason, Kansas City Star, 15 Oct. 2025
See All Example Sentences for bisect
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“Bisect.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bisect. Accessed 26 Nov. 2025.
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bisect
verb
bi·sect
ˈbī-ˌsekt 
bī-ˈsekt
1
: to divide into two usually equal parts
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