bisect

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• General-American: bī-sĕkt'
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• General-American: /baɪˈsɛkt/
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• rhymes with -ɛkt
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From bi- (“bi-, two”) + Latin secāre (“to cut”).

22 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bulgarian: разполовявам (razpolovjavam) — to cut or divide into two parts
• Bulgarian: разполовя (razpolovja) — to cut or divide into two parts
• Finnish: puolittaa — to cut or divide into two parts
• Finnish: halkaista kahtia — to cut or divide into two parts
• German: halbieren — to cut or divide into two parts
• Hawaiian: pālua — to cut or divide into two parts
• Hungarian: félbevág — to cut or divide into two parts
• Hungarian: elfelez — to cut or divide into two parts
• Ido: bisekar — to cut or divide into two parts
• Māori: weherua — to cut or divide into two parts
• Russian: разделать пополам (razdelatʹ popolam) — to cut or divide into two parts
• Swedish: halvera — to cut or divide into two parts
• Swedish: dela i tu — to cut or divide into two parts
• Bulgarian: разполовявам (razpolovjavam) — geometry: to divide an angle, line segment or other figure into two equal parts
• Bulgarian: разполовя (razpolovja) — geometry: to divide an angle, line segment or other figure into two equal parts
• Finnish: puolittaa — geometry: to divide an angle, line segment or other figure into two equal parts
• Greek: διχοτομώ (dichotomó) — geometry: to divide an angle, line segment or other figure into two equal parts
• Hungarian: felez — geometry: to divide an angle, line segment or other figure into two equal parts
• Hungarian: megfelez — geometry: to divide an angle, line segment or other figure into two equal parts
• Ido: bisekar — geometry: to divide an angle, line segment or other figure into two equal parts
• Inuktitut: ᑎᕆᖅᑯᓕᐅᕐᓂᖅ (tiriqkoliorniq) — geometry: to divide an angle, line segment or other figure into two equal parts
• Italian: bisecare — geometry: to divide an angle, line segment or other figure into two equal parts