dimidiation

n. 分为两半, 切半

发音

UK /dɪˌmɪdɪˈeɪʃən/
UK /daɪˌmɪdɪˈeɪʃən/

词形变化

dimidiations 复数 dimidiations

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    The act of dividing into halves.

    可数 不可数
  2. 2.

    The condition of being divided into halves.

    可数 不可数
  3. 3.

    A marshalling of two coats of arms by the bisection per pale of their escutcheons and forming a new coat of arms from the dexter half of one coat and the sinister half of the other.

    可数 不可数 政治 纹章

词源

Continuing the Middle English dimydicion (circa 1425, in an arithmetical sense), from the Late Latin dīmidiātiō.

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