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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   The act of dividing into halves. countable, uncountable
2. 2
   The condition of being divided into halves. countable, uncountable
3. 3
   A marshalling of two coats of arms by the bisection per pale of their escutcheons and forming a new coat of arms from the dexter half of one coat and the sinister half of the other. countable, uncountable

Synonyms

All synonyms

bifurcationbranchingdichotomydivisionhalvingramification

Etymology

Continuing the Middle English dimydicion (circa 1425, in an arithmetical sense), from the Late Latin dīmidiātiō.

Related phrases

coat of armsper pale

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