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Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek διχοτομία (dikhotomía, “a cutting in half”), from διχῆ (dikhê, “in two, asunder”) + τέμνω (témnō, “to cut”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /dikotoˈmia/
- Rhymes: -ia
- Syllabification: di‧co‧to‧mí‧a
Noun
dicotomía f (plural dicotomías)
- dichotomy (a separation or division in two)
- (logic, philosophy) dichotomy (a division of a class into two disjoint subclasses)
- (botany) dichotomy (bifurcation)
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