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bisector

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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  • US: bī'sĕktər
  • US: /ˈbaɪˌsɛktɚ/
  • Midwestern-US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • rhymes with -ɛktə(ɹ)

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noun

Meaning 1

A line or curve that bisects or divides a line segment, angle, or other figure into two equal parts.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: geometry, mathematics, sciences

Examples

  • South Street is the bisector of Broken Dreams Boulevard.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From bisect + -or.

Across languages

Translations

33 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: مُنَصِّف (munaṣṣif) — A line or curve that bisects or divides a line segment, angle, or other figure into two equal parts
  • Arabic: مُقَسِّم (muqassim) — A line or curve that bisects or divides a line segment, angle, or other figure into two equal parts
  • Azerbaijani: tənbölən — A line or curve that bisects or divides a line segment, angle, or other figure into two equal parts
  • Bengali: দ্বিখণ্ডক (dikhonḍok) — A line or curve that bisects or divides a line segment, angle, or other figure into two equal parts
  • Bengali: বিভাজক (bibhajok) — A line or curve that bisects or divides a line segment, angle, or other figure into two equal parts
  • Bulgarian: ъглополовяща (ǎglopolovjašta) — A line or curve that bisects or divides a line segment, angle, or other figure into two equal parts
  • Catalan: bisectriu — A line or curve that bisects or divides a line segment, angle, or other figure into two equal parts
  • Chinese Mandarin: 二等分線 /二等分线 (èr děngfēn xiàn) — A line or curve that bisects or divides a line segment, angle, or other figure into two equal parts
  • Esperanto: dusekcanto — A line or curve that bisects or divides a line segment, angle, or other figure into two equal parts
  • Esperanto: bisekcanto — A line or curve that bisects or divides a line segment, angle, or other figure into two equal parts
  • Finnish: puolittaja — A line or curve that bisects or divides a line segment, angle, or other figure into two equal parts
  • French: bissectrice — A line or curve that bisects or divides a line segment, angle, or other figure into two equal parts
  • Galician: bisectriz — A line or curve that bisects or divides a line segment, angle, or other figure into two equal parts
  • German: Halbierende — A line or curve that bisects or divides a line segment, angle, or other figure into two equal parts
  • German: Winkelhalbierende — A line or curve that bisects or divides a line segment, angle, or other figure into two equal parts
  • German: Winkelsymmetrale — A line or curve that bisects or divides a line segment, angle, or other figure into two equal parts
  • Greek: διχοτόμος (dichotómos) — A line or curve that bisects or divides a line segment, angle, or other figure into two equal parts
  • Italian: bisettrice — A line or curve that bisects or divides a line segment, angle, or other figure into two equal parts
  • Japanese: 二等分線 (ni-tōbun-sen) — A line or curve that bisects or divides a line segment, angle, or other figure into two equal parts
  • Khmer: កន្លះបន្ទាត់ពុះមុំ (kanlas bon toat puh mum) — A line or curve that bisects or divides a line segment, angle, or other figure into two equal parts
  • Korean: 이등분선 (ideungbunseon) — A line or curve that bisects or divides a line segment, angle, or other figure into two equal parts
  • Malay: pembahagi dua sama — A line or curve that bisects or divides a line segment, angle, or other figure into two equal parts
  • Persian: نیمساز (nimsâz) — A line or curve that bisects or divides a line segment, angle, or other figure into two equal parts
  • Polish: dwusieczna — A line or curve that bisects or divides a line segment, angle, or other figure into two equal parts
  • Polish: symetralna — A line or curve that bisects or divides a line segment, angle, or other figure into two equal parts
  • Portuguese: bisectriz — A line or curve that bisects or divides a line segment, angle, or other figure into two equal parts
  • Romanian: bisectoare — A line or curve that bisects or divides a line segment, angle, or other figure into two equal parts
  • Russian: биссектри́са (bissektrísa) — A line or curve that bisects or divides a line segment, angle, or other figure into two equal parts
  • Spanish: bisectriz — A line or curve that bisects or divides a line segment, angle, or other figure into two equal parts
  • Swedish: bisektris — A line or curve that bisects or divides a line segment, angle, or other figure into two equal parts
  • Tagalog: talaktak — A line or curve that bisects or divides a line segment, angle, or other figure into two equal parts
  • Turkish: açıortay — A line or curve that bisects or divides a line segment, angle, or other figure into two equal parts
  • Vietnamese: đường phân giác — A line or curve that bisects or divides a line segment, angle, or other figure into two equal parts
Real reading context

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