BISECT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does bisect mean? 

• BISECT (verb)
  The verb BISECT has 1 sense:

1. cut in half or cut in two

  Familiarity information: BISECT used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BISECT (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they bisect    ... he / she / it bisects   
Past simple: bisected   
Past participle: bisected   
-ing form: bisecting   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Cut in half or cut in two

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Context example:

bisect a line

Hypernyms (to "bisect" is one way to...):

cut (separate with or as if with an instrument)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

Derivation:

bisection (dividing into two equal parts)

 Context examples 

The region was bisected by a shallow saltwater body during a time of high global sea level.

(Ancient Saharan seaway illustrates how Earth’s climate and creatures can undergo extreme change, National Science Foundation)

The Fc region carbohydrates of the antibody, enriched in bisected non-fucosylated glycosylation variants, contribute to its higher binding affinity for human FcgammaRIII receptors compared to non-glycoengineered antibodies, resulting in enhanced antibody-dependent cellular cytotoxicity (ADCC) and caspase-independent apoptosis.

(Obinutuzumab, NCI Thesaurus)