Trisection

Noun

Word Frequency: 0.0

Definitions

1.NounThe act of division of something (such as an angle, line segment, or circle) into three parts, especially three equal parts.

"A traditional (but impossible) mathematical problem was to achieve trisection using a straight edge and compass."

2.NounAny of the three portions thus produced.

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