halving

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English

Definitions

verb

To reduce to half the original amount.
To divide into two halves.
To make up half of.
To join two pieces of timber etc. by cutting away each for half its thickness at the joining place, and fitting together.

noun

The process or instance of dividing in half.“There are several recursion theorems for large sets, such that a single new halving results in several new infinite families of halvings.”

Related words

Synonyms

dichotomize dimidiate half one-half reducing reduction cut division half-plane semisum equipartition euclidean division chunking half-integer semiperimeter quotienting single semimatrix

Rhymes

having calving have hung

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