Topic Thesaurus
Roget's Thesaurus

bisection (Division into two parts)

Nouns
  • bisection, bipartition
  • dichotomy, subdichotomy
  • halving etc. v.
  • dimidiation. bifurcation, forking, branching, ramification, divarication
  • fork, prong
  • fold. half, moiety.
Verbs
  • bisect, halve, divide, split, cut in two, cleave dimidiate, dichotomize. go halves, divide with. separate, fork, bifurcate
  • branch off, out
  • ramify.
Adjectives
  • bisected etc. v.
  • cloven, cleft
  • bipartite, biconjugate, bicuspid, bifid
  • bifurcous, bifurcate, bifurcated
  • distichous, dichotomous, furcular
  • semi-, demi-, hemi.