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  • adjective Divided into two equal pieces.
  • verb Simple past tense and past participle of bisect.

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Examples

  • Narrow chin bisected by a small, full-lipped mouth.

    CRUSH • by Alexander Burns 2008

  • The mountain chain that gave the region its name bisected the region, running all the way from the Black Sea to the Caspian.

    Deathride John Mosier 2010

  • The mountain chain that gave the region its name bisected the region, running all the way from the Black Sea to the Caspian.

    Deathride John Mosier 2010

  • Updates, 4/17: In his interview for IFC News, Aaron Hillis asks Apichatpong Weerasethakul about censorship in Thailand, the sort of music he listens to, "bisected" structures, globalization and: "What was the last blockbuster that left you smiling?"

    GreenCine Daily: Syndromes and a Century. 2007

  • "bisected" structures, globalization and: "What was the last blockbuster that left you smiling?"

    GreenCine Daily 2009

  • Watahpur is bisected by the Pech River Valley, where in recent months several U.S. military bases and smaller combat outposts were handed over to the Afghan army.

    U.S., Afghan forces target mountains 2011

  • Watahpur is bisected by the Pech River Valley, where in recent months several U.S. military bases and smaller combat outposts were handed over to the Afghan army.

    U.S., Afghan forces target mountains 2011

  • There was a tiny lake back there, bisected by the road, and some truly gorgeous houses.

    It's All Downhill From Here Ulysses 2010

  • Difficulties include a vast number of crossings at grade and a city both bordered and bisected by rivers, making system expansion even more expensive than merely acquiring rights of way and fending off NIMBY concerns.

    Matthew Yglesias » Transit in St. Louis 2009

  • February 26th, 2009 at 8: 02 pm so let me get this right, a return to 1967 borders EXCEPT the fact that Israel is bisected so that the warring Gaza Strip and West Bank can be connected??

    Matthew Yglesias » Sari Nusseibeh’s Big Idea for Peace in the Middle East 2009

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