trisect

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɹaɪˌsɛkt/, /ˈt͡ʃɹaɪˌsɛkt/
• Rhymes: -ɛkt

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Adjective

trisect (not comparable)

1. (biology) Trisected; divided into three.

Verb

trisect (third-person singular simple present trisects, present participle trisecting, simple past and past participle trisected)

1. (transitive) to cut into three pieces
2. (transitive, mathematics) to divide a quantity, angle etc into three equal parts

Derived terms

• trisector

Translations

to cut into three pieces

• Arabic: ثَلَّثَ الزَاوِيَة (ṯallaṯa z-zāwiya)
• Bengali: ত্রিখন্ডিত (trikhonḍito)
• Bulgarian: разделям на три части (razdeljam na tri časti)
• Catalan: trisecar (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 三等分 (zh) (sān děng fēn)

• Czech: roztrojit
• Finnish: leikata kolmeen osaan
• Galician: trissecar
• German: dreiteilen (de)
• Greek: τριχοτομώ (el) (trichotomó)
• Hebrew: חילק לשלושה
• Hungarian: harmadol (hu)
• Italian: trisecare
• Japanese: 三等分する (san-tōbun suru)
• Manx: tree-rheynn
• Polish: roztroić pf, roztrajać impf
• Portuguese: trissecar
• Slovak: roztrojiť
• Spanish: trisecar (es)
• Turkish: üçe bölmek
• Welsh: teirannu
• Yiddish: טריסעקט (trisekt)

(mathematics) to divide into three equal parts

• Finnish: jakaa kolmeen yhtä suureen osaan
• German: dritteln (de)
• Manx: tree-rheynn
• Spanish: trisecar (es)
• Welsh: traeanu