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trisect

adj · verb · 4 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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  • /ˈtɹaɪˌsɛkt/
  • /ˈt͡ʃɹaɪˌsɛkt/
  • rhymes with -ɛkt
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1

adj

Meaning 1

Trisected; divided into three.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

Topics: biology, natural-sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

verb

Meaning 2

to cut into three pieces

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

verb

Meaning 3

to divide a quantity, angle etc into three equal parts

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

Topics: mathematics, sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

verb

Meaning 4

cut in three

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • trisect a line

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: cut

History

Etymology

No etymology was provided for this word.

Across languages

Translations

28 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: ثَلَّثَ الزَاوِيَة (ṯallaṯa z-zāwiya) — to cut into three pieces
  • Bengali: ত্রিখন্ডিত (trikhonḍito) — to cut into three pieces
  • Bulgarian: разделям на три части (razdeljam na tri časti) — to cut into three pieces
  • Catalan: trisecar — to cut into three pieces
  • Chinese Mandarin: 三等分 (sān děng fēn) — to cut into three pieces
  • Czech: roztrojit — to cut into three pieces
  • Finnish: leikata kolmeen osaan — to cut into three pieces
  • Galician: trissecar — to cut into three pieces
  • German: dreiteilen — to cut into three pieces
  • Greek: τριχοτομώ (trichotomó) — to cut into three pieces
  • Hebrew: חילק לשלושה — to cut into three pieces
  • Hungarian: harmadol — to cut into three pieces
  • Italian: trisecare — to cut into three pieces
  • Japanese: 三等分する (san-tōbun suru) — to cut into three pieces
  • Manx: tree-rheynn — to cut into three pieces
  • Polish: roztroić — to cut into three pieces
  • Polish: roztrajać — to cut into three pieces
  • Portuguese: trissecar — to cut into three pieces
  • Slovak: roztrojiť — to cut into three pieces
  • Spanish: trisecar — to cut into three pieces
  • Turkish: üçe bölmek — to cut into three pieces
  • Welsh: teirannu — to cut into three pieces
  • Yiddish: טריסעקט (trisekt) — to cut into three pieces
  • Finnish: jakaa kolmeen yhtä suureen osaan — (mathematics) to divide into three equal parts
  • German: dritteln — (mathematics) to divide into three equal parts
  • Manx: tree-rheynn — (mathematics) to divide into three equal parts
  • Spanish: trisecar — (mathematics) to divide into three equal parts
  • Welsh: traeanu — (mathematics) to divide into three equal parts