DICHOTOMOUS

dichotomous. Dichotomous, [ch as k] a. forked, divided into two parts

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Di‐chot″o‐mous (?), a. [[L. dichotomos, Gr. �; � in two, asunder + διατέμνειν to cut.]] Regularly dividing by pairs from bottom to top; as, a dichotomous stem. — Di‐chot″o‐mous‐ly, adv.