Definition, Meaning, Synonyms & Anagrams | English word DICHOTOMY

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Definitions of DICHOTOMY

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. (logic) The division of a class into two disjoint subclasses that are together comprehensive, as the division of human into female and male.
4. (biology, taxonomy) The division of a genus into two species; a division into two subordinate parts.
5. (astronomy) A phase of the moon when it appears half lit and half dark, for example at the quadratures.
6. (botany) Division and subdivision; bifurcation, such as that of a stem of a plant or a vein of the body into two parts as it proceeds from its origin; often successive.

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