English Dictionary

dichotomize

/dʌɪˈkɒtəmʌɪz/

verb

(transitive) To separate into two parts, to classify into two classes, or to categorize into two categories. / (intransitive) To be divided into two. / (astronomy) To exhibit as a half disk.

They dichotomize the data into two categories.

意味（1）

(transitive) To separate into two parts, to classify into two classes, or to categorize into two categories.

The apostolical benediction dichotomizes all good things into grace and peace.

意味（2）

(intransitive) To be divided into two.

意味（3）

(astronomy) To exhibit as a half disk.

If the moon was a perfectly smooth sphere […] the place when she was dichotomized, […] would depend upon the sun's distance from the earth.