dimidiation
nounUK /dɪˌmɪdɪˈeɪʃən/
Etymology Continuing the Middle English dimydicion (circa 1425, in an arithmetical sense), from the Late Latin dīmidiātiō.
1
The act of dividing into halves.
2
The condition of being divided into halves.
3
Government, Heraldry, Hobbies, Lifestyle, Monarchy, Nobility, Politics A marshalling of two coats of arms by the bisection per pale of their escutcheons and forming a new coat of arms from the dexter half of one coat and the sinister half of the other.
- Related terms
- dimidiate, dimidiated, dimidiately, impalement