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polytomy

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po⋅lyt⋅o⋅my

[puh-lit-uh-mee]
–noun, plural -mies.
1. the act or process of dividing into more than three parts.
2. the state or condition of being so divided.

Origin:
1860–65; poly- + -tomy


po⋅lyt⋅o⋅mous, adjective
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