Found 3 hits - Term: dissect, Database: *, Strategy: exact
- [1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
dissect \dissect"\, 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.
1913 webster
2. to analyze, for the purposes of science or criticism; to
divide and examine minutely.
1913 webster
this paragraph . . . i have dissected for a sample.
--atterbury.
1913 webster
see also:
dissected dissecting section
- [2] : WordNet (r) 2.0
dissect
v 1: cut open or cut apart; "dissect the bodies for analysis"
2: 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" syn: analyze, analyse, break down, take
apart ant: synthesize
see also:
analyze analyse break down take apart synthesize
- [3] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
28 moby thesaurus words for "dissect":
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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