dicotomía
See also: dicotomia
Spanish
Etymology
From Ancient Greek διχοτομία (dikhotomía, “a cutting in half”), from διχῆ (dikhê, “in two, asunder”) + τέμνω (témnō, “to cut”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /dikotoˈmia/ [d̪i.ko.t̪oˈmi.a]
- Rhymes: -ia
- Syllabification: di‧co‧to‧mí‧a
Noun
dicotomía f (plural dicotomías)
- dichotomy (a separation or division in two)
- (logic, philosophy) dichotomy (a division of a class into two disjoint subclasses)
- (botany) dichotomy (bifurcation)
Derived terms
- dicotómico
Related terms
- dicótomo
- tricotomía
Further reading
- “dicotomía”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014