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dimidiation.

The act of dividing into halves.

11 characters4 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/dɪˌmɪdɪˈeɪʃən/Received-Pronunciation/daɪˌmɪdɪˈeɪʃən/Received-Pronunciation
  1. The act of dividing into halves.

    countable · uncountable
  2. The condition of being divided into halves.

    countable · uncountable
  3. A marshalling of two coats of arms by the bisection per pale of their escutcheons and forming a new coat of arms from the dexter half of one coat and the sinister half of the other.

    countable · uncountable
Where this word comes from

Continuing the Middle English dimydicion (circa 1425, in an arithmetical sense), from the Late Latin dīmidiātiō.

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