trisection
noun1
Geometry, Mathematics, Sciences The act of division of something (such as an angle, line segment, or circle) into three parts, especially three equal parts.
- A traditional (but impossible) mathematical problem was to achieve trisection using a straight edge and compass.
2
Any of the three portions thus produced.
- Derived terms
- trisection point
- Related terms
- trisect, trisected, trisegmented