Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In a dichotomous manner; by subdivision into two parts or into pairs. Also
dichotomically .
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- adverb in a dichotomous manner
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Examples
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Hence, nonwestern Indian nationalism in and of itself was a dichotomously paradoxical and vexing nationalist discourse.
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Most people, I believe, live dichotomously--their minds separated from their bodies--and they do not fully understand the actions of their bodies.
Why I Teach...Tai Chi Brigindo 2008
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Most people, I believe, live dichotomously--their minds separated from their bodies--and they do not fully understand the actions of their bodies.
Archive 2008-02-01 Brigindo 2008
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Most people, I believe, live dichotomously--their minds separated from their bodies--and they do not fully understand the actions of their bodies.
Why I Teach...Tai Chi Brigindo 2008
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An erect, herbaceous, dichotomously branched perennial, 60-180 cm high, with large, fleshy, cylindrical, obovoid subterranean rhizomes, large lanceolate leaves and white flowers arranged in twin clusters, which very rarely produce red seeds.
Chapter 10 1987
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These may all continue to increase by splitting in two, and then the family tree is composed of dichotomously branching lines; or they may resolve themselves into numerous spores, and then the family tree exhibits a number of branches springing from the same point.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 810, July 11, 1891 Various
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In their course they divide and subdivide dichotomously, and, especially in the root, give off minute branches, which join together in loops in the matrix, or end blindly.
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The artery immediately bifurcates into an upper and a lower branch, and each of these again divides into a medial or nasal and a lateral or temporal branch, which at first run between the hyaloid membrane and the nervous layer; but they soon enter the latter, and pass forward, dividing dichotomously.
X. The Organs of the Senses and the Common Integument. 1c. 1. The Tunics of the Eye 1918
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-- It will be noted that the bronchi divide monopodially, not dichotomously.
Bronchoscopy and Esophagoscopy A Manual of Peroral Endoscopy and Laryngeal Surgery Chevalier Jackson 1911
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In their sexual stage, these plants are dark green, dichotomously branched, and ribbon-like, typically growing about a half-inch wide and several inches long.
unknown title 2009
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