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to trisect

to trisect

1 8.4
To divide something into three equal parts
  • verb
  • /traɪˈsɛkt/
translation icon : trisecar
  • Origi means fold and gami means paper, using which it turns out that you can trisect any angle, indeed insect any arbitrary angle.

Examples

  • To create the equal pieces, the chef will trisect the cake into three equal slices.

  • Through a telescope at low power, three major dark lanes trisect the nebula into bright islands of nebulosity, giving the object an almost three-dimensional appearance.

    Academic text (2002)

  • There is a sense in which "how to trisect an arbitrary angle with..." is a meaningful question (i.e., the question is formulable in intelligible terms) but not answerable.

    Blog text (25)

  • In geometry class, we learned how to trisect an angle using only a compass and straightedge.

  • The land was trisected into three sections for the different community gardens.

Synonyms

to trifurcate
vsto trisect
9.9

To split into three parts, like a road that goes into three paths

focuses on equal or roughly equal parts rather than branching

Antonyms

to unite
∞ 2.1

To join people or things into one group for a shared purpose

to combine
638 2.7

To mix two or more things into one

Surface Forms

trisect infinitive
trisected past
trisected past participle
trisecting present participle
trisects third person singular

Morphology

trisect = sect (transparent) = tri + sect

Formed by the prefix 'tri-' (three) plus the combining form '-sect' (cut), giving the directly derivable meaning 'divide into three'.

Etymology

Trisect joins tri- meaning 'three', like in triangle, with -sect meaning 'to cut', like in section or dissect. So, to trisect something is to cut or divide it into three equal parts.