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trisect
to divide something into three equal parts
trisect in a sentence
The engineer used a laser guide to trisect the steel beam before cutting it.
Before the three siblings divided their grandmother's garden, they asked a surveyor to trisect the land into equal plots.
Where it comes from
From Latin tri- 'three' + secare 'to cut'
Memory hook
TRI (three) + SECT (cut) — cut into three pieces.
Word parts
- tri, ter — three
trisect: tri- (three) + sect (cut)
Read it in context
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