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Meanings of bisect in English

To divide into two (equal) parts.

Usage of bisect in English
1
Mr Brandilino said change across the Cook Strait seems to bisect Christchurch.
Radio NZ
2
This line of demarcation would bisect the present colony of South Australia.
The History of Australian Exploration from 1788 to 1888
3
And now Dave's fighting an urge to bisect me with his axe.
The wandering fire
4
When business was moderate, dinner was allowed to divide and bisect it.
Miscellaneous Essays
5
Just wander through the maze of streets that bisect Parikia's old village.
Reuters
6
From the extreme ends of the arc bisect it in B.
Mechanical Drawing Self-Taught / Comprising instructions in the ...
7
Perhaps four fifths along the wall a partition emerged to bisect the crowd.
The last testament
8
Ninety participants were asked to bisect lines radially and vertically oriented.
Pubmed
9
Ah, mail by dirigible has ample opportunity to bisect their journey?
Timeless
10
The High, Middle, and Anti-Atlas Mountain Ranges bisect the country's middle.
Climbing Magazine
11
How long can we continue to bisect the remaining segment?
The Tyranny Of Words
12
Just as class hierarchies bisect the real world, so do they in the afterlife.
Wired
13
About fifteen miles down there it should bisect the highway running west from Harrisville.
River girl
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Traditionally, you're going for a 90 degree corner, so you always bisect your angle.
Wired
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Now we do some more of that bisecting; this time we bisect EC at F.
Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 159, 1920-11-03
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SOCRATES: And does not this line, reaching from corner to corner, bisect each of these spaces?
Meno
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