bisecting

verb

present participle of bisect
as in intersecting
to divide by passing through or across the infamous concrete wall that once bisected the city of Berlin, Germany

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Recent Examples of bisecting For the quintessential Glacier National Park visit, take the Going-to-the-Sun Road for 50 miles of stunning vistas, bisecting the east and west sides of the park. — Giovanna Caravetta, Travel + Leisure, 4 Feb. 2026 Valley Fair, located on Stevens Creek Boulevard, sits both in San Jose and Santa Clara, with the city border bisecting the property. — Robert Salonga, Mercury News, 1 Dec. 2025 The waterway bisecting the city was converted to a giant storm drain nearly a century ago to contain flood waters. — Emma Bowman, NPR, 17 Nov. 2025 Perhaps the most intriguing thing shown here are the tracks bisecting Park Street. — Randy Mason, Kansas City Star, 15 Oct. 2025 On May 6, the sun began shining on the south side and the rings reappeared, albeit as nothing more than a thin bright line bisecting Saturn's disk. — Joe Rao, Space.com, 3 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for bisecting
  1. intersecting
  2. crossing
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  • The style features dazzling dainty straps intersecting across the toes and an ankle strap adorned with lemon and leaf ornaments.
    — Jaden Thompson, Footwear News, 25 Aug. 2026
  • That innovation is also intersecting with the growth of artificial intelligence capabilities, according to Hendrik Venter, CEO of DHL Supply Chain.
    — Laya Neelakandan, CNBC, 25 July 2026
Definition of intersecting
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  • It's been 17 years since Byers surveyed glacial lakes in the Himalayas and ran into a television crew just after crossing an 18,000-foot pass.
    — Dinah Voyles Pulver, USA Today, 27 Aug. 2026
  • From Hermon Park, head south, crossing Via Marisol from the crosswalk.
    — Jaclyn Cosgrove, Los Angeles Times, 27 Aug. 2026
Definition of crossing

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“Bisecting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bisecting. Accessed 1 Sep. 2026.

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