bisects
Cuts in two
Bisects means cuts or divides into two equal parts.
A line bisects an angle when it splits it exactly in half.
A highway might bisect a town, running through its center.
The term comes from geometry but applies broadly: The river bisects the valley, Her life was bisected by the war.
Separation into parts
- halveDivide into two
- partitionBarrier separating spaces
- cleaveSplit or adhere
- severCut apart completely
cut · dichotomize · bifurcate · separate · carve · demarcate · segment · divide
At right angles
- midpointExact center between two
- segmentDistinct part of whole
- diameterDistance across through center
- chordNotes sounded simultaneously
transversal · angle · axis · plane · coordinates · quadrants · vector · diagonal
Pass from side to side
- traverseMove across an area
- transectObservation path for surveys
- cut acrossPass through directly
- pass throughMove across something
crisscross · overlap · converge · junction · crossroads · diagonal
split
Separation into parts
sever · cut · dichotomize · bifurcate · separate · carve · demarcate · segment · divide · disjoin
perpendicular
At right angles
chord · transversal · angle · axis · plane · coordinates · quadrants · vector · diagonal · radius
cross
Pass from side to side
- traverseMove across an area
- transectObservation path for surveys
- cut acrossPass through directly
pass through · crisscross · overlap · converge · junction · crossroads · diagonal
- postal historystamps, postmarks, postmaster, postage, postmark
- stampsstamp, stamps, commemorative stamps, mint stamps, used stamps
- angle bisectorLine splitting a corner equally
bisect, bisected, bisection, bisecting, bisector, bisectors, bisections