Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- To divide into two equal parts.
- Divided into two equal parts; halved; hence, half the usual size, or half as large as something else.
- In heraldry, reduced or diminished by half.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Divided into two equal parts; reduced to half in shape or form.
- adjective Consisting of only one half of what the normal condition requires; having the appearance of lacking one half.
- adjective Having the organs of one side, or half, different in function from the corresponding organs on the other side.
- transitive verb obsolete To divide into two equal parts.
- transitive verb (Her.) To represent the half of; to halve.
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- adjective
divided into two (equal )halves - verb To
divide into two
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Examples
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The shape of the fungus is peculiar, a sort of semi-circular outline that may be called dimidiate.
Among the Mushrooms A Guide For Beginners Caroline A. Burgin
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In some it is central and grows on the ground, in others it is lateral, and the cap is semicircular (dimidiate), and others again have no stem.
Among the Mushrooms A Guide For Beginners Caroline A. Burgin
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The terminal cell is always solitary, very often attached to the one next it, which is generally single, obliquely placed, occasionally looking like the dimidiate calyptra capping a young seta.
Journals of Travels in Assam, Burma, Bhootan, Afghanistan and the Neighbouring Countries William Griffith
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TV quoque tu in summis, o dimidiate Menander, poneris, et merito, puri sermonis amator. lenibus atque utinam scriptis adiuncta foret uis comica, ut aequato uirtus polleret honore cum Grecis, neue hac despectus part iaceres!
Terence 1912
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The stem is wanting, and the cap is shelving, dimidiate, reniform or suborbicular.
Studies of American Fungi. Mushrooms, Edible, Poisonous, etc. George Francis Atkinson 1886
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According to the descriptions of _P. dryinus_ as given by Persoon, and as followed by Fries and most later writers, the pileus is definitely lateral, and more or less dimidiate, while in _P. corticatus_ Fr., the pileus is entire and the stem rather long and eccentric.
Studies of American Fungi. Mushrooms, Edible, Poisonous, etc. George Francis Atkinson 1886
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[27] Tu quoque tu in summis, o dimidiate Menander, poneris, &c.
The History of Roman Literature From the earliest period to the death of Marcus Aurelius Charles Thomas Cruttwell 1879
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We have accounts of dimidiate hermaphrodite lobster, male in one half and female in the other half of the body.
The People's Common Sense Medical Adviser in Plain English or, Medicine Simplified, 54th ed., One Million, Six Hundred and Fifty Thousand Ray Vaughn Pierce 1877
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Some butterflies are dimidiate hermaphrodites; _i. e._ one side of the body has the form and color of the male, the other the form and color of the female.
The People's Common Sense Medical Adviser in Plain English or, Medicine Simplified, 54th ed., One Million, Six Hundred and Fifty Thousand Ray Vaughn Pierce 1877
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The young leaves are purplish-green, and form a curious contrast to the deep lurid hue of the older foliage; especially when the tree is (which often occurs) dimidiate, one half the green, and the other the red shades of colours; when in full blossom, all forms a mass of yellow, diffusing
reesetee commented on the word dimidiate
To divide into halves (verb); divided into halves (adjective).
February 12, 2008
qms commented on the word dimidiate
King Solomon once had to mediate
A hotly disputed wee kiddy’s fate.
He brought truth to light
And set things aright,
Proposing the claimants dimidiate.
February 8, 2019
ruzuzu commented on the word dimidiate
Well done, qms!
February 8, 2019
qms commented on the word dimidiate
Thank you, zuzu.
February 8, 2019