hexachotomy

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noun

The division of one into six separate but related parts.

OriginAncient Greek ἑξαχῇ →
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Meanings

nounhexachotomy (countable and uncountable, plural hexachotomies)

plural hexachotomies

  1. countableuncountableThe division of one into six separate but related parts.

Origin

  1. Ancient Greekἑξαχῇ“in six ways”
  2. Englishhexachotomy

From hexa- + -chotomy, after dichotomy, or from Ancient Greek ἑξαχῇ (hexakhēî, “in six ways”).

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