dichotomy 音標拼音: [dɑɪk'ɑtəmi]
n . 兩分,分裂,二分法
兩分,分裂,二分法
dichotomy 二分法
dichotomy 二分
dichotomy n 1 :
being twofold ;
a classification into two opposed parts or subclasses ; "
the dichotomy between eastern and western culture " [
synonym : {
dichotomy }, {
duality }]
Dichotomy \
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n . [
Gr . ?,
fr . ?:
cf .
F .
dichotomie .
See {
Dichotomous }.]
1 .
A cutting in two ;
a division .
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A general breach or dichotomy with their church .
--
Sir T .
Browne .
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2 .
Division or distribution of genera into two species ;
division into two subordinate parts .
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3 . (
Astron .)
That phase of the moon in which it appears bisected ,
or shows only half its disk ,
as at the quadratures .
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4 . (
Biol .)
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 .
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5 .
The place where a stem or vein is forked .
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6 . (
Logic )
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 .
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56 Moby Thesaurus words for "
dichotomy ":
Janus ,
abscission ,
ambiguity ,
ambivalence ,
amputation ,
bifidity ,
biformity ,
bifurcation ,
bipartition ,
bisection ,
branching ,
butchering ,
by two ,
chopping ,
cleavage ,
conjugation ,
cutting ,
cutting in two ,
dimidiation ,
division ,
doubleness ,
doublethink ,
doubling ,
dualism ,
duality ,
duplexity ,
duplication ,
duplicity ,
enucleation ,
equivocality ,
excision ,
fission ,
forking ,
halving ,
in half ,
irony ,
laceration ,
mutilation ,
pairing ,
polarity ,
ramification ,
rending ,
resection ,
ripping ,
scission ,
section ,
severance ,
slashing ,
slicing ,
splitting ,
subdivision ,
surgery ,
tearing ,
twinning ,
two -
facedness ,
twoness
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DICHOTOMY Definition Meaning - Merriam-Webster The meaning of DICHOTOMY is division into two especially mutually exclusive or contradictory groups or parts
Dichotomy - Wikipedia If there is a concept A, and it is split into parts B and not-B, then the parts form a dichotomy: they are mutually exclusive, since no part of B is contained in not-B and vice versa, and they are jointly exhaustive, since they cover all of A, and together again give A
DICHOTOMY Definition Meaning | Dictionary. com DICHOTOMY definition: division into two parts, kinds, etc ; subdivision into halves or pairs See examples of dichotomy used in a sentence
DICHOTOMY | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary DICHOTOMY definition: 1 a difference between two completely opposite ideas or things: 2 a difference between two… Learn more
Dichotomy - Definition, Meaning Synonyms | Vocabulary. com A dichotomy is a contrast between two things When there are two ideas, especially two opposed ideas — like war and peace, or love and hate — you have a dichotomy
dichotomy noun - Definition, pictures, pronunciation and usage notes . . . Definition of dichotomy noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more
Dichotomy | Philosophy, Paradox, Contradiction | Britannica 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 which has and the other has not a certain quality or attribute
dichotomy, n. meanings, etymology and more | Oxford English Dictionary dichotomy, n meanings, etymology, pronunciation and more in the Oxford English Dictionary
Dichotomy - definition of dichotomy by The Free Dictionary A division into two contrasting parts or categories: the dichotomy between rural and urban communities; regards the division between nature and nurture as a false dichotomy
dichotomy - WordReference. com Dictionary of English di•chot•o•my daɪˈkɑtəmi n [countable], pl -mies division into two parts, esp into two parts that are opposed: a dichotomy between thought and action See -tom-