bisection
Cutting precisely halfway
Bisection is division into two equal parts.
In geometry, to bisect a line or angle is to cut it exactly in half: The perpendicular bisector passes through the midpoint.
The term extends to any precise halving: bisection of the property between heirs.
In mathematics, the bisection method finds roots by repeatedly halving an interval.
Divide into two
midline · partition · separate · dichotomize · cut · slice · segment · subdivide
Exact center between two
- perpendicularAt right angles
- segmentDistinct part of whole
- angleGeometric measure of rotation
- lineContinuous mark or queue
plane · vertex · diagonal · symmetry · axis · coordinate · triangle · polygon
Duration between two points
- halvingDividing into two
- convergenceProcess of approaching sameness
- approximationNear but inexact value
- iterationRepeated procedural pass
bracketing · tolerance · numerical · zeroes · function · bounds · subdivision · stepwise
Controlled cut into tissue
- scalpelPrecise surgical knife
- resectionSurgical tissue removal
- excisionCutting out of tissue
- anatomicalOf bodily structure
midline · sterile · suture · hemostasis · ligature · cauterization · laparotomy · surgeon
halve
Divide into two
cleave · midline · partition · separate · dichotomize · cut · slice · segment · subdivide · demarcate
midpoint
Exact center between two
- perpendicularAt right angles
- segmentDistinct part of whole
- angleGeometric measure of rotation
line · plane · vertex · diagonal · symmetry · axis · coordinate · triangle · polygon · quadrilateral
interval
Duration between two points
- halvingDividing into two
- convergenceProcess of approaching sameness
- approximationNear but inexact value
iteration · bracketing · tolerance · numerical · zeroes · function · bounds · subdivision · stepwise · refinement
incision
Controlled cut into tissue
anatomical · midline · sterile · suture · hemostasis · ligature · cauterization · laparotomy · surgeon · clamps
- bi- wordsbiannual, biathlon, bicameral, bicentennial, bicycle
- algorithmsalgorithm, algorithms, DFS, binary search, A star
- numerical methodsinterpolation, Gaussian elimination, least squares, convergence, approximation
- geometryangles, circles, angle, shapes, lines
- geometry termscircle, line, rectangle, side, square
- anglesacute angle, angle, obtuse angle, right angle, straight angle
bisectionunification
Merging into one entity
union · combination · joining · merger · fusion