bisection

• (US) enPR: bīsĕk'shən, IPA^(key): /baɪˈsɛkʃən/

bisection (countable and uncountable, plural bisections)

1. A division into two parts, especially into two equal parts.
   • 2011, Simon Sebag Montefiore, Jerusalem: The Biography – A History of the Middle East, page 276:

     After all, Usamah had served the sadist Zangi and, if read in full, his account presents a picture of Islamic violence no less shocking to modern sensibilities: the collecting of Christian heads, the crucifying and bisections of their own soldiers and heretics, the severe punishments of Islamic sharia – and the story of how his father, in a rage, lopped off the arm of his page.

2. (computing) The act of bisecting.

• See Thesaurus:bisection

• bisect