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bisect

[bahy-sekt, bahy-sekt, bahy-sekt] / baɪˈsɛkt, ˈbaɪ sɛkt, ˈbaɪ sɛkt /


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Bisect the crease, and place a point 3⁄8 of an inch up from the crease.

From Text Books of Art Education, Book IV (of 7) by Froehlich, Hugo B.

Bisect its short edges and rule a line connecting these points.

From Text Books of Art Education, Book IV (of 7) by Froehlich, Hugo B.

Next you shall make the letter C in its own square thus: Bisect the square a. b. c. d. by the horizontal line e. f. and in it let i. be the middle point.

From Of the Just Shaping of Letters by D?rer, Albrecht

Bisect the chord PB at G, and draw through G a line perpendicular to PB, intersecting BB′ in O. An arc with centre O and radius OB forms part of a curve.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 3 "Electrostatics" to "Engis" by Various

Bisect these distances, and these again, till you have a very close row of tacks, as in Fig.

From Golden Days for Boys and Girls Volume VIII, No 25: May 21, 1887 by Elverson, James




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