bisect

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bisect

From bi- (“bi-, two”) +‎ Latin secāre (“to cut”).

bisect (third-person singular simple present bisects, present participle bisecting, simple past and past participle bisected)

(transitive) To cut or divide into two parts.
- 1911, James George Frazer, The Golden Bough, volume 7, page 84:
  The quadrennial period of games and festivals in Greece was probably arrived at by bisecting an older octennial period.
1. (transitive, geometry) To divide an angle, line segment, or other figure into two equal parts.
2. (computing) To perform a binary search on files in source control in order to identify the specific change that introduced a bug etc.

to cut or divide into two parts

geometry: to divide an angle, line segment or other figure into two equal parts

bisect (plural bisects)

(geometry) A bisector, which divides into two equal parts.
(philately) An envelope, card, or fragment thereof showing an affixed cut half of a regular issued stamp, over which one or more postal markings have been applied. Typically used in wartime when normal lower rate stamps may not be available.

geometry: bisector — see bisector

philately: an envelope or card

		masculine	feminine	masculine	neuter
		singular		plural
nominative- accusative	indefinite	bisect	bisectă	bisecți	bisecte
nominative- accusative	definite	bisectul	bisecta	bisecții	bisectele
genitive- dative	indefinite	bisect	bisecte	bisecți	bisecte
genitive- dative	definite	bisectului	bisectei	bisecților	bisectelor

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