dichotomic
/dahy-kot-uh-mee/US // daɪˈkɒt ə mi //UK // (daɪˈkɒtəmɪ) //
两分法的,二分法的,两分法,二分法
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Definitions
n.名词 noun
- 1
plural di·chot·o·mies.
- : division into two parts, kinds, etc.; subdivision into halves or pairs.
- : division into two mutually exclusive, opposed, or contradictory groups: a dichotomy between thought and action.
- : Botany. a mode of branching by constant forking, as in some stems, in veins of leaves, etc.
- : Astronomy. the phase of the moon or of an inferior planet when half of its disk is visible.
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Examples
I’m amazed the extent he pulled that off, because it’s so obviously a false dichotomy.
They do not arise from the dichotomic process of classification, but from the polar relations of things.
To obviate the matter Lamarck conceived and proposed the dichotomic method for the easy determination of species.
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