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語源

Continuing the Middle English dimydicion (circa 1425, in an arithmetical sense), from the Late Latin dīmidiātiō.

発音

• (Received 発音) enPR: dĭmĭ'dĭāʹshən, dīmĭ'dĭāʹshən, IPA^(key): /dɪˌmɪdɪˈeɪʃən/, /daɪˌmɪdɪˈeɪʃən/

名詞

dimidiation (countable かつ uncountable, 複数形 dimidiations)

1. The act of dividing into halves.
2. The condition of being divided into halves.
3. (heraldry) A 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.

関連する語

参考

• impalement

Further reading

• Dimidiation on Wikipedia.