di·chot·o·mize /-ˌmaɪz/
(v.)對分;二分;分叉
Di·chot·o·mize, v. i. To separate into two parts; to branch dichotomously; to become dichotomous.
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Di·chot·o·mize v. t. [imp. & p. p. Dichotomized p. pr. & vb. n. Dichotomizing ]
1. To cut into two parts; to part into two divisions; to divide into pairs; to bisect. [R.]
The apostolical benediction dichotomizes all good things into grace and peace. --Bp. Hall.
2. Astron. To exhibit as a half disk. See Dichotomy, 3. “[The moon] was dichotomized.”
dichotomize
v : divide into two opposing groups or kinds [syn: dichotomise]