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BISECT
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Dictionary entry overview: What does bisect mean?
• BISECT (verb)
The verb BISECT has 1 sense:
Familiarity information: BISECT used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Conjugation: |
Past simple: bisected
Past participle: bisected
-ing form: bisecting
Sense 1
Meaning:
Cut in half or cut in two
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Context example:
bisect a line
Hypernyms (to "bisect" is one way to...):
cut (separate with or as if with an instrument)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Derivation:
bisection (dividing into two equal parts)
Context examples
The region was bisected by a shallow saltwater body during a time of high global sea level.
(Ancient Saharan seaway illustrates how Earth’s climate and creatures can undergo extreme change, National Science Foundation)
The Fc region carbohydrates of the antibody, enriched in bisected non-fucosylated glycosylation variants, contribute to its higher binding affinity for human FcgammaRIII receptors compared to non-glycoengineered antibodies, resulting in enhanced antibody-dependent cellular cytotoxicity (ADCC) and caspase-independent apoptosis.
(Obinutuzumab, NCI Thesaurus)
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