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bisque3 (def 2).
Historical Examples
The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Various
The Story of Porcelain Sara Ware Bassett
The Potter’s Craft Charles F. Binns
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- Bisect
to cut or divide into two equal or nearly equal parts. Geometry. to cut or divide into two equal parts: to bisect an angle. to intersect or cross: the spot where the railroad tracks bisect the highway. to split into two, as a road; fork: There’s a charming old inn just before the road bisects. […]
- Bisectrix
Crystallography. an imaginary line bisecting either the acute angle (acute bisectrix) or the obtuse angle (obtuse bisectrix) of the optic axes of a biaxial crystal. Geometry. a bisector. Historical Examples Scientific American Supplement, No. 794, March 21, 1891 Various noun (pl) bisectrices (baɪˈsɛktrɪˌsiːz) another name for bisector the bisector of the angle between the optic […]
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to cut or divide into two equal or nearly equal parts. Geometry. to cut or divide into two equal parts: to bisect an angle. to intersect or cross: the spot where the railroad tracks bisect the highway. to split into two, as a road; fork: There’s a charming old inn just before the road bisects. […]
- Bisector
a line or plane that bisects an angle or line segment. Historical Examples The Teaching of Geometry David Eugene Smith The Teaching of Geometry David Eugene Smith noun (maths) a straight line or plane that bisects an angle a line or plane that bisects another line n.