bisectriz

Portuguese

Noun

bisectriz f (plural bisectrizes)

1. pre-reform spelling (used until 1943 in Brazil and 1911 in Portugal) of bissetriz
   • 1936 April 26, Tenente Arlindo Vianna, “A platina no Brasil”, in Correio da Manhã, volume XXXV, number 12714, Rio de Janeiro, page 10B:

     […] as folhas de uma vão servir de bisectriz aos angulos da outra […]

     […] [one star’s] arms will serve as the bisector to the other’s angles […]

Usage notes

This spelling coexisted with bi-sectriz.

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /biseɡˈtɾiθ/ [bi.seɣ̞ˈt̪ɾiθ] (Equatorial Guinea, Spain)
• IPA^(key): /biseɡˈtɾis/ [bi.seɣ̞ˈt̪ɾis] (Latin America, Philippines)
• Rhymes: -iθ (Equatorial Guinea, Spain)
• Rhymes: -is (Latin America, Philippines)
• Syllabification: bi‧sec‧triz

Noun

bisectriz f (plural bisectrices)

1. (geometry) bisection

Further reading

• “bisector”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025