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DICHOTOMICALLY

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di⋅chot⋅o⋅my

  [dahy-kot-uh-mee]
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–noun, plural -mies.
1. division into two parts, kinds, etc.; subdivision into halves or pairs.
2. division into two mutually exclusive, opposed, or contradictory groups: a dichotomy between thought and action.
3. Botany. a mode of branching by constant forking, as in some stems, in veins of leaves, etc.
4. Astronomy. the phase of the moon or of an inferior planet when half of its disk is visible.
Origin:
1600–10; < Gk dichotomía. See dicho-, -tomy

Related forms:
di⋅cho⋅tom⋅ic  [dahy-kuh-tom-ik] , adjective
di⋅cho⋅tom⋅i⋅cal⋅ly, adverb
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Word Origin & History

dichotomy 
1610, from Gk. dichotomia "a cutting in half," from dicha "in two" + temnein "to cut" (see tome).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: di·chot·o·my
Pronunciation: dI-'kät-&-mE also d&-
Function: noun
Inflected Form: plural -mies
: a division or forking into branches; especially : repeated bifurcation
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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