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1. (n.) dichotomy
division into two parts or kinds; subdivision into halves or pairs.
2. dichotomy
division into two exclusive, opposed, or contradictory groups:
a dichotomy between thought and action.
3. dichotomy
a mode of branching by constant forking, as in some stems.
4. dichotomy
the phase of the moon or of an inferior planet when half of its disk is visible.
Etymology: (1600–10; < Gk)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) dichotomy, duality
being twofold; a classification into two opposed parts or subclasses
"the dichotomy between eastern and western culture"
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) dichotomy
a cutting in two; a division
2. (noun) dichotomy
division or distribution of genera into two species; division into two subordinate parts
3. (noun) dichotomy
that phase of the moon in which it appears bisected, or shows only half its disk, as at the quadratures
4. (noun) dichotomy
successive division and subdivision, as of a stem of a plant or a vein of the body, into two parts as it proceeds from its origin; successive bifurcation
5. (noun) dichotomy
the place where a stem or vein is forked
6. (noun) dichotomy
division into two; especially, the division of a class into two subclasses opposed to each other by contradiction, as the division of the term man into white and not white
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