Monday 14th November 2016
Dichotomy - /dʌɪˈkɒtəmi/
Noun
1) A division or contrast between two things that are or are represented as being opposed or entirely different.
1) A division or contrast between two things that are or are represented as being opposed or entirely different.
2) Botany
[mass noun] Repeated branching into two equal parts.
[mass noun] Repeated branching into two equal parts.
Example sentences
Noun
‘A rigid dichotomy
between science and mysticism’
‘At each dichotomy,
the presumed ancestral genome size was indicated’
Origin
Late 16th century: via modern Latin from Greek dikhotomia,
from dikho- in two, apart + -tomia (see -tomy).
Thanks to: www.oxforddictionaries.com
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