bisect
Divide in two
To bisect is to cut or divide into two equal parts.
A line bisects an angle by splitting it exactly in half.
The highway bisects the town, running straight through its center.
The word appears most often in geometry, though any dividing line or boundary can bisect something.
Point where paths intersect
- junctionPoint where things meet
- convergenceProcess of approaching sameness
- transectObservation path for surveys
- overlapPartial coincidence of coverage
crisscross · traverse · cut across · divide · meeting point · crossroads · confluence · axis
Divide into two
- splitSeparation into parts
- partitionBarrier separating spaces
- separateTo set apart
- segmentDistinct part of whole
cleave · sever · dichotomize · bifurcate · demarcate · subdivide · quarter · fraction
Exact center between two
- perpendicularAt right angles
- angleGeometric measure of rotation
- vertexPoint where edges converge
- chordNotes sounded simultaneously
diameter · radius · tangent · plane · symmetry · congruent · equidistant · centerline
crossing
Point where paths intersect
- junctionPoint where things meet
- convergenceProcess of approaching sameness
- transectObservation path for surveys
overlap · crisscross · traverse · cut across · divide · meeting point · crossroads · confluence · axis
halve
Divide into two
segment · cleave · sever · dichotomize · bifurcate · demarcate · subdivide · quarter · fraction · portion
midpoint
Exact center between two
- perpendicularAt right angles
- angleGeometric measure of rotation
- vertexPoint where edges converge
chord · diameter · radius · tangent · plane · symmetry · congruent · equidistant · centerline · triangle
transverse
Extending sideways across
plane · profile · specimen · tissue · anatomy · histology · microscopy · lamina · cortex · medulla
- bi- wordsbiannual, biathlon, bicameral, bicentennial, bicycle
- cuttingslicing, slice, chopping, dice, dicing
- math verbsadd, adds, subtract, subtracts, multiply
- separationseparate, sieving, straining, divide, filtration
- cutting throughslice, chop, carve, pierce, sever
- crossing actionscross, span, bridge, traverse, pass through
- angle bisectorLine splitting a corner equally
bisected, bisection, bisecting, bisects, bisector, bisectors, bisections