Meanings
noundimidiation (countable and uncountable, plural dimidiations)
plural dimidiations
- countableuncountableThe condition of being divided into halves.
- countableuncountablegovernmentA marshalling of two coats of arms by the bisection per pale of their escutcheons and forming a new coat of arms from the dexter half of one coat and the sinister half of the other.
Origin
- Late Latindīmidiātiō
- Middle Englishdimydicion
- Englishdimidiation
Continuing the Middle English dimydicion (circa 1425, in an arithmetical sense), from the Late Latin dīmidiātiō.
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Latin dīmidiātiō, dīmidiātiō
- dīmidiātiōact of dividing into halves
- dīmidiātiōheraldry: marshalling of two coats of arms from the dexter half of one coat and the sinister half of the other
Swedish dimidiation, halvering
- dimidiationheraldry: marshalling of two coats of arms from the dexter half of one coat and the sinister half of the other
- halveringheraldry: marshalling of two coats of arms from the dexter half of one coat and the sinister half of the other
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APA
dimidiation. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dimidiation
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“dimidiation.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dimidiation. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “dimidiation,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dimidiation.
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