(surgery) division into two parts

plural of bisectioning

(mathematics) A root-finding method that applies to any continuous functions for which one knows two values with opposite signs, and consists of repeatedly bisecting the interval defined by these values and then selecting the subinterval in which the function changes sign, and therefore must contain a root.

Pertaining to sectarianism regarding exactly two sects.

plural of angle bisector

plural of bisectrix

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

(geometry) A ray that divides an angle into two equal parts.

plural of bisector

The line bisecting the angle between the optic axes of a biaxial crystal.