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Универсальный англо-русский словарь. Академик.ру. 2011.
Универсальный англо-русский словарь. Академик.ру. 2011.
Dichotomy — Di*chot o*my, n. [Gr. ?, fr. ?: cf. F. dichotomie. See {Dichotomous}.] 1. A cutting in two; a division. [1913 Webster] A general breach or dichotomy with their church. Sir T. Browne. [1913 Webster] 2. Division or distribution of genera into two… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
dichotomy — means ‘a division into two’ (from Greek dicho meaning ‘apart’ and tomos meaning ‘cutting’). The word has long established meanings in technical domains such as logic, astronomy, and the life sciences; in the 20c it moved into general use to mean… … Modern English usage
division — I (act of dividing) noun allocation, allotment, apportionment, breaking, breakup, cleavage, cut, cutting, departmentalization, detachment, disaccord, disagreement, disassociation, disbandment, disconnection, discord, disengagement, disharmony,… … Law dictionary
dichotomy — I noun bifurcation, bipartition, bisection, dissection, divarication, division, halving, separation, severance, split, subdivision II index disassociation, split Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
dichotomy — [n] division difference, difference of opinion, disagreement, disunion, separation, split; concepts 98,135 … New thesaurus
dichotomy — [dī kät′əmē] n. pl. dichotomies [Gr dichotomia: see DICHO & TOMY] 1. division into two parts, groups, or classes, esp. when these are sharply distinguished or opposed 2. Astron. the appearance of the moon or of a planet when half of the surface… … English World dictionary
dichotomy — Division into two parts. [G. dichotomia, a cutting in two, fr. dicha, in two, + tome, a cutting] * * * di·chot·o·my dī kät ə mēalso də n, pl mies a division or forking into branches esp repeated bifurcation * * * di·chot·o·my (di kotґə me)… … Medical dictionary
Dichotomy — An example of a dichotomy is the partition of a scene into figure and ground – the letters are foreground or figure; the rest is the background. A dichotomy is any splitting of a whole into exactly two non overlapping parts, meaning it is a… … Wikipedia
dichotomy — noun (plural mies) Etymology: Greek dichotomia, from dichotomos Date: 1610 1. a division into two especially mutually exclusive or contradictory groups or entities < the dichotomy between theory and practice >; also … New Collegiate Dictionary
dichotomy — dichotomic /duy keuh tom ik/, adj. dichotomically, adv. /duy kot euh mee/, n., pl. dichotomies. 1. division into two parts, kinds, etc.; subdivision into halves or pairs. 2. division into two mutually exclusive, opposed, or contradictory groups:… … Universalium
dichotomy — (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) (VOCABULARY WORD) n. [di KOT uh me] a division of two distinctly different or opposite parts, groups, opinions, etc. There was a dichotomy of opinions between the races. SYN.: division, split, subdivision, disagreement … English dictionary for students