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BISECT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does bisect mean? 

BISECT (verb)
  The verb BISECT has 1 sense:

1. cut in half or cut in twoplay

  Familiarity information: BISECT used as a verb is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


BISECT (verb)

 Conjugation: 
Present simple: I / you / we / they bisect  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation ... he / she / it bisects  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
Past simple: bisected  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
Past participle: bisected  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
-ing form: bisecting  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation


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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