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   bisect

   /bʌɪˈsɛkt/

   verb

   • 1. divide into two parts: "a landscape of ploughland bisected by long straight roads"
   • ▪ divide (a line, angle, or shape) into two exactly equal parts.

   Word Origin mid 17th century: from bi- ‘two’ + Latin sect- (from secare ‘to cut’).

   Derivatives

   • 1. bisection noun
   • 2. bisector noun

   Scrabble Points: 10

   • B

     3

   • I

     1

   • S

     1

   • E

     1

   • C

     3

   • T

     1

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