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halving en · NOUN
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The process or instance of dividing in half.
Similitude applies to proportional changes, such as doublings, halvings, or quarterings; it does not apply to additive changes.
1994, David C. Schneider, Quantitative Ecology: Spatial and Temporal Scaling, page 36:There are several recursion theorems for large sets, such that a single new halving results in several new infinite families of halvings.
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bisection
halving en · VERB
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(form-of, gerund, participle, present) present participle and gerund of halve