bisect (bisekt)

t. [L. bi-, two-, + sect us, pp. of secare, cut: see section.] To cut or divide into two parts; specifically, in geom., to cut or divide into two equal parts. One line bisects another when it cro es it, leaving an equal part of the line on each side of the point of intersection. He exactly bisects the effect of our proposal. Gladstone , An inevitable dualism bisects nature, so that each thing is a half, and suggests another thing to make it whole: as, spirit, matter; man, woman. Emerson, Compensation. Bisecting dividers. See divider.- Bisecting gage. See gage.