bisect

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

bisect
    v 1: cut in half or cut in two; "bisect a line"

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Bisect \Bi*sect"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Bisected}; p. pr. & vb.
   n. {Bisecting}.] [L. bis twice + secare, sectum, to cut.]
   1. To cut or divide into two parts.
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   2. (Geom.) To divide into two equal parts.
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from Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

52 Moby Thesaurus words for "bisect":
      amputate, average, ax, bifurcate, branch, butcher, by two, carve,
      chop, cleave, cut, cut away, cut in two, cut off, dichotomize,
      dimidiate, dissever, divide, double, excise, fission, fissure,
      fold, fork, gash, hack, halve, hew, in half, incise, jigsaw, lance,
      middle, pare, prune, ramify, rend, rive, saw, scissor, sever,
      slash, slice, slit, snip, split, split in two, subdivide, sunder,
      tear, transect, whittle

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