halbieren — meaning in English

English meaning

• bisect verb To cut or divide into two parts.
• halve verb To reduce to half the original amount.

Senses

halbieren is used for these senses in English:

• bisect (transitive) To cut or divide into two parts.
• halve (transitive) To reduce to half the original amount.
• halve (transitive) To divide into two halves.

bisect — full definition

1. verb To cut or divide into two parts.
2. verb To divide an angle, line segment, or other figure into two equal parts.
3. verb To perform a binary search on files in source control in order to identify the specific change that introduced a bug etc.

halve — full definition

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

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