dicotomía

See also: dicotomia

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek διχοτομία (dikhotomía, “a cutting in half”), from διχῆ (dikhê, “in two, asunder”) + τέμνω (témnō, “to cut”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dikotoˈmia/ [d̪i.ko.t̪oˈmi.a]
• Rhymes: -ia
• Syllabification: di‧co‧to‧mí‧a

Noun

dicotomía f (plural dicotomías)

1. dichotomy (a separation or division in two)
2. (logic, philosophy) dichotomy (a division of a class into two disjoint subclasses)
3. (botany) dichotomy (bifurcation)

Derived terms

• dicotómico

 

Related terms

• dicótomo
• tricotomía

 

Further reading

• “dicotomía”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014