Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- v. To divide into three equal parts.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- To cut or divide into three parts, especially into three equal parts.
Wiktionary
- v. transitive to cut into three pieces
- v. transitive, mathematics to divide a quantity, angle etc into three equal parts
GNU Webster's 1913
- v. To cut or divide into three parts.
- v. (Geom.) To cut or divide into three equal parts.
WordNet 3.0
- v. cut in three
Examples
“Fub says: uh_clem: Actually, they would probably be very impressed if you could trisect an angle.”
“April 13, 2010, 12: 31 am uh_clem says: egd: While they may be amazed at your ability to trisect an angle, is it really worth taking up that much brain space for such a remote chance?”
“Actually, they would probably be very impressed if you could trisect an angle.”
“They would be impressed if you could trisect an angle using only a compass and straightedge.”
“But you can trisect any angle with this simple instrument.”
“While they may be amazed at your ability to trisect an angle, is it really worth taking up that much brain space for such a remote chance?”
“Academic mathematicians have the unfortunate duty to wade through unsolicited mails that trisect the angle and square the circle all the time.”
The Volokh Conspiracy » More Responses to the CRU E-mail Leaks
“Around 1900 in many places, one can assume such a trisect would be a flat line no UHI.”
“With Patch 22 you can square the circle, trisect the angle, and duplicate the cube.”
“If you have a question for me, hopefully related to comic books, the comic industry, or even comic blogging no "what's the meaning of life," "how do you trisect an angle," or "boxers or briefs"-type questions please, leave it in the comments section and I'll give you some answers later today.”
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Interesting words
A list of words that are odd or words that I have looked up.
concupiscence, brize, scree, scoria, forestaff, spanaemia, valetudinarianism, distasture, pyrethrum, laudanum, gentian, bicameral and 11184 more...
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big book gre
abase, abbess, abbey, abbot, abdicate, abdomen, abdominal, abduction, abed, aberration, abet, abeyance and 6691 more...
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Philately
Definitions mainly taken from this glossary.
aerogramme, aerophilately, black jack, cachet, cancellation, cinderella, albino, album weed, ambulante, aniline ink, authentication mark, back-of-book and 104 more...
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To Cut
Verbs meaning cut
section, incise, sever, incide, bisect, trisect, defalcate, dissect, discind, scind, fragment
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reesetee A stamp collecting term. See bisect. Aug 24, 2008