Definition of dichotomy Dichotomy

/dajkɑˈtʌmi/ - [daykatumee] - di•chot•o•my

We found 17 definitions of dichotomy from 6 different sources.

What does dichotomy mean?

Noun Plural: dichotomies
dichotomy - being twofold; a classification into two opposed parts or subclasses; "the dichotomy between eastern and western culture"
		duality
		categorisation, categorization, classification the act of distributing things into classes or categories of the same type

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dichotomy (Noun)
A separation or division into two; a distinction that results in such a division.
dichotomy (Noun)
Such a division involving apparently incompatible or opposite principles; a duality.
dichotomy (Noun)
The division of a class into two disjoint subclasses that are together comprehensive, as the division of man into white and not white.
dichotomy (Noun)
The division of a genus into two species; a division into two subordinate parts.
dichotomy (Noun)
A phase of the moon when it appears half lit and half dark, as at the quadratures.
dichotomy (Noun)
Successive division and subdivision; successive bifurcation, as of a stem of a plant or a vein of the body into two parts as it proceeds from its origin.
dichotomy (Noun)
A fork bifurcation in a stem or vein.

dichotomy (n.)
A cutting in two; a division.
dichotomy (n.)
Division or distribution of genera into two species; division into two subordinate parts.
dichotomy (n.)
That phase of the moon in which it appears bisected, or shows only half its disk, as at the quadratures.
dichotomy (n.)
Successive division and subdivision, as of a stem of a plant or a vein of the body, into two parts as it proceeds from its origin; successive bifurcation.
dichotomy (n.)
The place where a stem or vein is forked.
dichotomy (n.)
Division into two; especially, the division of a class into two subclasses opposed to each other by contradiction, as the division of the term man into white and not white.

dichotomy
dī-kot′o-mi, n. a division into two parts.—v.t. and v.i. Dichot′omise.—adj. Dichot′omous.—adv. Dichot′omously. [Gr., from dicha, in two, and temnein, to cut.]