Bisect vs Halve - What's the difference?
bisect | halve |
To cut or divide into two parts.
(geometry) To divide an angle, line segment, or other figure into two equal parts.
(geometry) A bisector, which divides into two equal parts.
(philately) An envelope, card, or fragment thereof showing an affixed cut half of a regular issued stamp, over which one or more postal markings have been applied. Typically used in wartime when normal lower rate stamps may not be available.
To reduce to half the original amount.
To divide into two halves.
To make up half of.
* M. Arnold
(architecture) To join two pieces of timber etc. by cutting away each for half its thickness at the joining place, and fitting together.
As verbs the difference between bisect and halve
is that bisect is to cut or divide into two parts while halve is to reduce to half the original amount.As a noun bisect
is (geometry) a bisector, which divides into two equal parts.bisect
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(wikipedia bisect)Verb
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(en noun)See also
* dissect * vivisecthalve
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(halv)- So far apart their lives are thrown / From the twin soul that halves their own.
