Meaning & use
trisect
To divide something into three parts, typically of equal size.
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The geometry problem asked students to trisect the given angle using only a compass.
A single fence trisected the field into three roughly equal grazing areas.
A note on using this word
Trisecting an arbitrary angle using only a compass and straightedge is famously impossible, a classical problem proven unsolvable.
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