Look up: dichotomy

1. dichotomy
   Type: Term Pronunciation: dī-kot′ō-mē Definitions: 1. Division into two parts.
   Found on http://www.medilexicon.com/medicaldictio
   
   
2. dichotomy
   [n] - being twofold
   Found on http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definitio
   
   
3. Dichotomy
   The instant when an object is exactly half lit as seen from Earth. It is usually applied to the Moon or an inferior planet.
   Found on http://www.delscope.demon.co.uk/astronom
   
   
4. dichotomy
   a division of the members of a population,or sample,into two groups.The definition of the groups may be in terms of a measurable variable but is more often based on quantitative characteristics or attributes Category: Mathematics • a division into subordinate units or classes,that is,all...
   Found on http://www.mijnwoordenboek.nl/definition
   
   
5. Dichotomy
   Di·chot'o·my noun [ Greek ..., from ...: confer French dichotomie . See Dichotomous .] 1. A cutting in two; a division. « A general breach or dichotomy with their church.» Sir T. Browne. 2. D...
   Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/D/60
   
   
6. dichotomy
   1. A cutting in two; a division. 'A general breach or dichotomy with their church.' (Sir T. Browne) ... 2. Division or distribution of genera into two species; division into two subordinate parts. ... 3. <astronomy> That phase of the moon in which it appears bisected, or shows only half its di...
   Found on http://www.mondofacto.com/facts/dictiona
   
   
7. dichotomy
   duality noun being twofold; a classification into two opposed parts or subclasses; `the dichotomy between eastern and western culture`
   Found on http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/web
   
   
8. Dichotomy
   • (n.) Division or distribution of genera into two species; division into two subordinate parts. • (n.) 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. • (n.) The place where a s...
   Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning
   
   
9. dichotomy
   (from Greek dicha, `apart,` and tomos, `cutting`), a form of logical division consisting of the separation of a class into two subclasses, one of ... [1 related articles]
   Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/d/45
   
   
10. dichotomy
    dichotomy Related cutting-word units: castrat-; -cise, -cide; -ectomy; put-; sec-, seg-; temno-; trunc-.
    Found on http://www.wordinfo.info/words/index/inf
    
    
11. Dichotomy
    (Gr. dicha, in two; temno, to cut) Literally, a division into two parts. In a specific example the view that man consists of soul and body. The earlier view of the Old Testament writers; also, a view found in certain expressions of St. Paul. See also Trichotomy. -- V.F.
    Found on http://www.ditext.com/runes/d.html
    
    
12. Dichotomy
    Dichotomy is a cutting in two; a division by pairs. Hence, in botany, the term describes a mode of branching by constant forking, each branch dividing into two others.
    Found on http://www.probertencyclopaedia.com/brow
    
    
13. Dichotomy
    – 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 procedure in which a whole is divided into two parts, or in half. It is a partition of a whole (or a set) into two parts (subse...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dichotomy
    
    
14. Dichotomy
    (album) `Dichotomy` is the third studio album by metal band Becoming the Archetype. The album features guest appearances by Devin Townsend, Ryan Clark, a soprano named Suzanne Richter, and Aslan. The Album is based heavily on C.S. Lewis` That Hideous Strength. Track listing : # "M...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dichotomy