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dichotomy

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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

DICHOTOMY

n.[Gr. , a division into two parts; to cut. ] 1. Division or distribution of ideas by pairs. [Little used. ]
2. In astronomy, that phase of the moon in which it appears bisected, or shows only half its disk, as at the quadratures.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

DICHOTOMY

Di *chot "o *my, n. Etym: [Gr. dichotomie. See Dichotomous. ]

 

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. (Astron.)

 

Defn: That phase of the moon in which it appears bisected, or shows only half its disk, as at the quadratures.

 

4. (Biol.)

 

Defn: 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.

 

5. The place where a stem or vein is forked.

 

6. (Logic )

 

Defn: Division into two; especially, the division of a class into two subclasses opposed to each other by contradiction, as the division of the term man into white and not white.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

dichotomy

di chot o my |dīˈkätəmē daɪˈkɑdəmi | ▶noun ( pl. dichotomies ) [ usu. in sing. ] a division or contrast between two things that are or are represented as being opposed or entirely different: a rigid dichotomy between science and mysticism. • Botany repeated branching into two equal parts. ORIGIN late 16th cent.: via modern Latin from Greek dikhotomia, from dikho- ‘in two, apart ’ + -tomia (see -tomy ).

 

Oxford Dictionary

dichotomy

dichotomy |dʌɪˈkɒtəmi, dɪ -| ▶noun ( pl. dichotomies ) [ usu. in sing. ] 1 a division or contrast between two things that are or are represented as being opposed or entirely different: a rigid dichotomy between science and mysticism. 2 [ mass noun ] Botany repeated branching into two equal parts. ORIGIN late 16th cent.: via modern Latin from Greek dikhotomia, from dikho- ‘in two, apart ’ + -tomia (see -tomy ).

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

dichotomy

dichotomy noun the great dichotomy between theory and practice: contrast, difference, polarity, conflict; gulf, chasm, division, separation, split; rare contrariety.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

dichotomy

dichotomy noun there is a great dichotomy between social theory and practice: division, separation, divorce, split, gulf, chasm; difference, contrast, disjunction, polarity, lack of consistency, contradiction, antagonism, conflict; rare contrariety.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

dichotomy

di chot o my /daɪkɑ́təmi |-kɔ́t -/名詞 複 -mies U C 1 ｟かたく ｠【2つの間の 】大きな相違, 対立, 二分, 分裂 «between » .2 〘植 生物 〙二叉 （さ ）分枝 .3 〘天 〙半月 .