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Webster 1913 Edition


Trisection

Tri-sec′tion

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Noun.
[Cf. F.
trisection
.]
The division of a thing into three parts, Specifically:
(Geom.)
the division of an angle into three equal parts.

Webster 1828 Edition


Trisection

TRISEC'TION

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Noun.
[L. tres and sectio, a cutting.] The division of a thing into three parts; particularly in geometry, the division of an angle into three equal parts.