Found 3 items, similar to dichotomy.
English → Indonesian (quick) Definition: dichotomy dikotomi
English → English (WordNet) Definition: dichotomy dichotomy n : being twofold; a classification into two opposed parts or subclasses; “the dichotomy between eastern and western culture” [syn: duality]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Dichotomy Dichotomy \Di*chot"o*my\, n. [Gr. ?, fr. ?: cf. F. dichotomie. See Dichotomous.] 1. A cutting in two; a division. [1913 Webster] A general breach or dichotomy with their church. --Sir T. Browne. [1913 Webster] 2. Division or distribution of genera into two species; division into two subordinate parts. [1913 Webster] 3. (Astron.) That phase of the moon in which it appears bisected, or shows only half its disk, as at the quadratures. [1913 Webster] 4. (Biol.) 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. [1913 Webster] 5. The place where a stem or vein is forked. [1913 Webster] 6. (Logic) 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. [1913 Webster]