DICHOTOMY

Dichotomy

A dichotomy is any splitting of a whole into exactly two non-overlapping parts, meaning it is a procedure in which a whole is divided into two parts. It is a partition of a whole into two parts that are:

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dichotomy

Noun

  1. A separation or division into two; a distinction that results in such a division.
  2. Such a division involving apparently incompatible or opposite principles; a duality.
  3. The division of a class into two disjoint subclasses that are together comprehensive, as the division of man into white and not white.
  4. The division of a genus into two species; a division into two subordinate parts.
  5. A phase of the moon when it appears half lit and half dark, as at the quadratures.
  6. Successive division and subdivision; successive bifurcation, as of a stem of a plant or a vein of the body into two parts as it proceeds from its origin.
  7. A fork (bifurcation) in a stem or vein.


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