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To '''trisect''' is to divide into three parts.
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To '''trisect''' is to divide into three equal parts. The term is used most frequently in [[geometry]], where one may speak of the [[point]]s that trisect a [[line segment]] or rays that trisect an angle.  The problem of the [[construction]] of the angle trisector (analogous to [[angle bisector]]) with [[straight edge]] and [[compass]] is one of the famous [[three Greek problems of antiquity]].
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Latest revision as of 17:20, 28 January 2008

To trisect is to divide into three equal parts. The term is used most frequently in geometry, where one may speak of the points that trisect a line segment or rays that trisect an angle. The problem of the construction of the angle trisector (analogous to angle bisector) with straight edge and compass is one of the famous three Greek problems of antiquity.


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