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Webster 1913 Edition

Trisect

Tri-sect′

,

Verb.

T.

[

imp. & p. p.

Trisected

;

p. pr. & vb. n.

Trisecting

.]

[Pref.

tri-

+ L.

sectus

, p. p. of

secare

to cut. See

.]

1.

To cut or divide into three parts.

2.

(Geom.)

To cut or divide into three equal parts.

Webster 1828 Edition

Trisect

TRISECT'

,

Verb.

T.

[L. tres, three, and seco, to cut.] To cut or divide into three equal parts.