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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.
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Dichotomies
is always a great word to know.
So is quincunx. Does it mean:
| a fool or simpleton; ninny. |
| an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle. |
Etymonline
Word Origin & History
dichotomy
1610, from Gk. dichotomia "a cutting in half," from dicha "in two" + temnein "to cut" (see tome).
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