The quadrennial period of games and festivals in Greece was probably arrived at by bisecting an older octennial period.
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Bisect
/baɪˈsɛkt/
Synonyms for "bisect" (80 found)
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11 entriesactionalgorithmic techniquecutgeometric operationideological splitmathematical operationmathematical procedurenumerical methodprocedureseparationsocial division
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11 entriesCollocations
6 entriesInflections
3 entriesDerivations
2 entriesTranslations
13 translations across 9 languages.
Bulgarian
2 entries- разполовя verb (to cut or divide into two parts)
- разполовявам verb (to cut or divide into two parts)
Finnish
2 entries- halkaista kahtia verb (to cut or divide into two parts)
- puolittaa verb (to cut or divide into two parts)
German
1 entries- halbieren verb (to cut or divide into two parts)
Hawaiian
1 entries- pālua verb (to cut or divide into two parts)
Hungarian
2 entries- elfelez verb (to cut or divide into two parts)
- félbevág verb (to cut or divide into two parts)
Ido
1 entries- bisekar verb (to cut or divide into two parts)
Māori
1 entries- weherua verb (to cut or divide into two parts)
Russian
1 entries- разделать пополам verb (to cut or divide into two parts)
Swedish
2 entries- dela i tu verb (to cut or divide into two parts)
- halvera verb (to cut or divide into two parts)
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