Meaning of DISSECT
| Pronunciation: | | di'sekt
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- [v] make a mathematical, chemical, or grammatical analysis of; break down into components or essential features; "analyze a specimen"; "analyze a sentence"; "analyze a chemical compound"
- [v] cut open or cut apart; "dissect the bodies for analysis"
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| | Synonyms: | | analyse, analyze, break down, take apart |
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| | Antonyms: | | synthesise, synthesize | | |
| | See Also: | | anatomise, anatomize, botanise, botanize, cut, parse, vivisect | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Dis*sect"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Dissected}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Dissecting}.] [L. dissectus, p. p. of dissecare; dis-
+ secare to cut. See {Section}.]
1. (Anat.) To divide into separate parts; to cut in pieces;
to separate and expose the parts of, as an animal or a
plant, for examination and to show their structure and
relations; to anatomize.
2. To analyze, for the purposes of science or criticism; to
divide and examine minutely.
This paragraph . . . I have dissected for a sample.
--Atterbury.
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| | Related Terms: | | analyze, anatomize, assay, break down, break up, carve, cleave, cut, decompose, dichotomize, disjoin, disjoint, dissever, divide, part, penetrate, pierce, probe, reduce, reduce to elements, resolve, segment, separate, sever, slice, split, subdivide, sunder |
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