as in intersecting
to divide by passing through or across
the infamous concrete wall that once bisected the city of Berlin, Germany
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Recent Examples of bisecting
Valley Fair, located on Stevens Creek Boulevard, sits both in San Jose and Santa Clara, with the city border bisecting the property.
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Robert Salonga, Mercury News, 1 Dec. 2025
The waterway bisecting the city was converted to a giant storm drain nearly a century ago to contain flood waters.
—Emma Bowman, NPR, 17 Nov. 2025
Perhaps the most intriguing thing shown here are the tracks bisecting Park Street.
—Randy Mason, Kansas City Star, 15 Oct. 2025
On May 6, the sun began shining on the south side and the rings reappeared, albeit as nothing more than a thin bright line bisecting Saturn's disk.
—Joe Rao, Space.com, 3 Oct. 2025
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Court records show DeFoor has faced multiple criminal cases in Hamilton County in recent years, with each proceeding intersecting with findings related to his mental competency.—
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Optical atomic clocks, which use intersecting laser beams to entrap and monitor the atoms, are currently accurate down to 1 attosecond, or a billionth of a billionth of a second.—
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The statement came just days after county leadership joined state and team officials in Topeka for a joint announcement that the Chiefs would be leaving Kansas City and crossing state lines into Kansas.—
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The video showed the mysterious concept, dubbed Corleo, roaming rocky terrain, leaping over icy crevasses, crossing snowy landscapes without losing its footing, and traversing a dark forest at night — all while carrying an adult rider on its back and being powered by a hydrogen power cell.—
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“Bisecting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bisecting. Accessed 12 Jan. 2026.
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