Bisect, or similar, may refer to:
Mathematics
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Bisection
In geometry, bisection is the division of something into two equal or congruent parts, usually by a line, which is then called a ''bisector''. The most often considered types of bisectors are the ''segment bisector'' (a line that passes through ...
, in geometry, dividing something into two equal parts
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Bisection method, a root-finding algorithm
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Equidistant set In mathematics, an equidistant set (also called a midset, or a bisector) is a set each of whose elements has the same distance (measured using some appropriate distance function) from two or more sets. The equidistant set of two singleton sets in t ...
Other uses
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Bisect (philately)
Bisects and splits refer to postage stamps that have been cut in part, most commonly in half, but also other fractions, and postally used for the proportionate value of the entire stamp, such as a two cent stamp cut in half and used as a one cent ...
, the use of postage stamp halves
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Bisector (music)
In diatonic set theory, a bisector divides the octave approximately in half (the equal tempered tritone is exactly half the octave) and may be used in place of a generator to derive collections for which structure implies multiplicity is not tru ...
, a half octave in diatonic set theory
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Bisection (software engineering)
Bisection is a method used in software development to identify change sets that result in a specific behavior change. It is mostly employed for finding the patch that introduced a bug. Another application area is finding the patch that indirect ...
, for finding code changes
* bisection of
earthworms
An earthworm is a terrestrial invertebrate that belongs to the phylum Annelida. They exhibit a tube-within-a-tube body plan; they are externally segmented with corresponding internal segmentation; and they usually have setae on all segments. Th ...
to study regeneration
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