trisection
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Meaning
- noun The act of division of something (such as an angle, line segment, or circle) into three parts, especially three equal parts.
A traditional (but impossible) mathematical problem was to achieve trisection using a straight edge and compass.
- noun Any of the three portions thus produced.
Similar words
tripartition triangle tricotomy quadrisection tetrachotomy triangular division trigon quinquesection dreibein triacontatetragon
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