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Dichotomy - Dictionary Definition and Overview |
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Dichotomy : (noun)
1: being twofold; a classification into two opposed parts or
subclasses; "the dichotomy between eastern and western
culture" [syn: duality]
Based on WordNet 2.0
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Dichotomy : \Di*chot"o*my\, n. [Gr. ?, fr. ?: cf. F. dichotomie.
See Dichotomous.]
1. A cutting in two; a division.
A general breach or dichotomy with their church.
--Sir T.
Browne.
2. Division or distribution of genera into two species;
division into two subordinate parts.
3. (Astron.) That phase of the moon in which it appears
bisected, or shows only half its disk, as at the
quadratures.
4. (Biol.) Successive division and subdivision, as of a stem
of a plant or a vein of the body, into two parts as it
proceeds from its origin; successive bifurcation.
5. The place where a stem or vein is forked.
6. (Logic) Division into two; especially, the division of a
class into two subclasses opposed to each other by
contradiction, as the division of the term man into white
and not white.
Based on WordNet (r) 2.0 (August 2003)
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Example Usage of Dichotomy |
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griffij6: RT @JannieAlexa: I hate to burst your bubble, but to say you are Christian and pro-choice is an overt Dichotomy. God bless you. | @Kushi ... |
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elemonader: RT @JannieAlexa: I hate to burst your bubble, but to say you are Christian and pro-choice is an overt Dichotomy. God bless you. | @Kushi ... |
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MissSnarky: RT @JannieAlexa I hate to burst your bubble,but to say you are Christian and pro-choice is an overt Dichotomy. God bless you.| @KushielsMoon |
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