dichotomy

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noun division

noun. two of something

c.1600, from Greek dichotomia "a cutting in half," from dicha "in two, asunder" (related to dis "twice") + temnein "to cut" (see tome).

The nature of the universe is proved too subtle for this dichotomy.

Most of the examples of division which Plato gives are divisions by dichotomy.

Dichotomy (dī-koto-mi), a cutting in two; a division by pairs.

Another point of difference from Catenicella is the non-gemination of the cell at the dichotomy of a branch.

He mapped out the whole subject, dividing and subdividing it in accordance with the principle of “dichotomy.”

One almost senses a dichotomy between Franklin the politician and Franklin the man and moralist.