dichotomy

Meaning of 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. Division and subdivision; bifurcation, as of a stem of a plant or a vein of the body into two parts as it proceeds from its origin; often successive.

Information about dichotomy

  • It is a name.
  • The plural form of dichotomy is: dichotomies.
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Hyphenation of dichotomy

di-chotomy

  • It consists of 2 syllables and 9 chars.
  • dichotomy is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables

dichotomy synonyms

Meaning duality:

duality

Meaning :

partition, trichotomy

Translation of dichotomy

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