'Dichotomize' definitions:
Definition of 'dichotomize'
From: WordNet
verb
Divide into two opposing groups or kinds [syn: dichotomize, dichotomise]
Definition of 'Dichotomize'
From: GCIDE
- Dichotomize \Di*chot"o*mize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Dichotomized; p. pr. & vb. n. Dichotomizing.] [See Dichotomous.]
- 1. To cut into two parts; to part into two divisions; to divide into pairs; to bisect. [R.] [1913 Webster]
- The apostolical benediction dichotomizes all good things into grace and peace. --Bp. Hall. [1913 Webster]
- 2. (Astron.) To exhibit as a half disk. See Dichotomy, 3. "[The moon] was dichotomized." --Whewell. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Dichotomize'
From: GCIDE
- Dichotomize \Di*chot"o*mize\, v. i. To separate into two parts; to branch dichotomously; to become dichotomous. [1913 Webster]