trisect

American  

[trahy-sekt, trahy-sekt] / traɪˈsɛkt, ˈtraɪ sɛkt /

verb (used with object)

1. to divide into three parts, especially into three equal parts.

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trisect British  

/ traɪˈsɛkʃən, traɪˈsɛkt /

verb

1. (tr) to divide into three parts, esp three equal parts

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Other Word Forms

• trisection noun
• trisector noun

Etymology

Origin of trisect

1685–95; tri- + -sect < Latin sectus, past participle of secāre to cut, sever; see section

Example Sentences

Could you use those tools to trisect an angle?

From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife

A method to trisect a series of angles having relation to each other; also another to trisect any given angle.

From A Budget of Paradoxes, Volume II by Smith, David Eugene

Definition:       A welfare state is bhl iff it remains meaningful to trisect its membership into the economic classes of Low and High productivity workers and permanent Benefit recipients.

From Definition & Reality in the General Theory of Political Economy by Colignatus, Thomas

"Then the three coils should trisect dead center, if the models were correct."

From The Crystal Crypt by Dick, Philip K.

Hippias of Elis invented a certain curve called the quadratrix, by means of which he could square the circle and trisect any angle.

From The Teaching of Geometry by Smith, David Eugene