bisectio

Latin

Etymology

From bisecō +‎ -tiō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [bɪˈsɛk.ti.oː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [biˈs̬ɛk.t͡si.o]

Noun

bisectiō f (genitive bisectiōnis); third declension

1. (geometry, New Latin) bisection; the act of cutting into two equal parts.
   • 1754, Christian Wolff, Elementa Matheseos Universae:

     Dīcitur autem haec dīvīsiō bīsectiō, et pars dīmīdia bīsegmentum.

     Moreover this division is called bisection, and the halved part a bisegment.

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	bisectiō	bisectiōnēs
genitive	bisectiōnis	bisectiōnum
dative	bisectiōnī	bisectiōnibus
accusative	bisectiōnem	bisectiōnēs
ablative	bisectiōne	bisectiōnibus
vocative	bisectiō	bisectiōnēs

Related terms

• bisecō
• bisectrīx
• sectiō

Descendants

• English: bisection
• French: bisection
• Portuguese: bisseção
• Romanian: bisecțiune
• Spanish: bisección