dimydicion
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Middle English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Late Latin dīmidiātiō.
Noun
[edit]dimydicion
- (arithmetic) division by two, dividing into halves, dimidiation
- c. 1330, The Crafte of Nombrynge:
- The first is called addicion, þe secunde is called subtraccion. The thryd is called duplacion. The 4. is called dimydicion. [A rough transliteration]
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Descendants
[edit]- English: dimidiation