bisect — English Dictionary

Verb

1. To cut or divide into two parts.

   Usage

   • Transitive

   Examples

   The river bisects the town.

   The quadrennial period of games and festivals in Greece was probably arrived at by bisecting an older octennial period.

2. To cut or divide into two parts. To divide an angle, line segment, or other figure into two equal parts.

   Usage

   • Transitive

3. To cut or divide into two parts. To perform a binary search on files in source control in order to identify the specific change that introduced a bug etc.

   Usage

   • Transitive

Noun

1. A bisector, which divides into two equal parts.

2. An envelope, card, or fragment thereof showing an affixed cut half of a regular issued stamp, over which one or more postal markings have been applied. Typically used in wartime when normal lower rate stamps may not be available.

Verb

1. cut in half or cut in two

   Broader terms

   cut

   Examples

   bisect a line