dichotomous
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Dichotomous
is always a great word to know.
So is callithumpian. Does it mean:
| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
| a children's mummer's parade, as on the Fourth of July, with prizes for the best costumes. |
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dichotomy (daɪˈkɒtəmɪ) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n , pl -mies | |
| 1. | division into two parts or classifications, esp when they are sharply distinguished or opposed: the dichotomy between eastern and western cultures |
| 2. | logic the division of a class into two mutually exclusive subclasses: the dichotomy of married and single people |
| 3. | botany a simple method of branching by repeated division into two equal parts |
| 4. | the phase of the moon, Venus, or Mercury when half of the disc is visible |
| [C17: from Greek dichotomia; see | |
| usage Dichotomy should always refer to a division of some kind into two groups. It is sometimes used to refer to a puzzling situation which seems to involve a contradiction, but this use is generally thought to be incorrect | |
| di'chotomous | |
| —adj | |
| dichotomic | |
| —adj | |
| di'chotomously | |
| —adv | |
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Example sentences
Measures that reach to mathematical infinities are found in nearly every dimension our finite-dichotomous mind can see.
The reader reviews for this flick are extremely dichotomous.
Perhaps no one else in the history of rock-and-roll has led such a dichotomous life.
Consequently it comes off as a smaller play, a domestic dispute with rigidly dichotomous themes.
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