Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Divided in half: said of the moon or of one of the inferior planets at the moment when exactly half of the disk is illuminated.
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- verb Simple past tense and past participle of
dichotomize . Having been divided intodichotomous parts.
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Examples
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" I wonder if the "dichotomized"version of the Wells decision rule is too simple.
Archive 2009-01-01 james gaulte 2009
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" I wonder if the "dichotomized"version of the Wells decision rule is too simple.
Does the pretest probablity of a condition really determine which test you should do? james gaulte 2009
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Our country has not yet passed the test of a severely-dichotomized nation.
Dr. Leo Rangell: Cool Dr. Leo Rangell 2011
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The truth is that "hunters" are dichotomized between the uber-rich whose ranches are so large they can afford to import exotics or breed in-house (thus, they erect high fences to insulate their investment) and the rest of us, who take what we can get.
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The truth is that "hunters" are dichotomized between the uber-rich whose ranches are so large they can afford to import exotics or breed in-house (thus, they erect high fences to insulate their investment) and the rest of us, who take what we can get.
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Our country has not yet passed the test of a severely-dichotomized nation.
Dr. Leo Rangell: Cool Dr. Leo Rangell 2011
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As the female protégé of a misogynistic rapper, the female version of Lil Wayne, Nicki Minaj undoubtedly conforms to certain dichotomized gendered norms.
PART 2/3: LL Cool J’s “Around the Way Girl” « Gender Across Borders 2010
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If the false religion and the true ethics can be dichotomized, the ethics are secular and should be taught as such.
Leah Anthony Libresco: Dalai Lama Wrong on Religious Tolerance 2010
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Most disconcertingly, many of their public statements are Bush 43 redux, a smorgasbord of overly-optimistic platitudes utterly dichotomized from economic realities.
Sheldon Filger: Obama's Economic Crisis Team is Full of Green Shoots 2009
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Contemporary attitudes and beliefs are dichotomized between emphasis on amenity/newcomer and commodity/long-time resident values, but all overlain by a rural lifestyle, even in the trendy Marin headlands north of San Francisco.
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