- Division into two - Sharp division into two parts - A cutting in two; a division. - Division or distribution of genera into two species;
division into two subordinate parts. - That phase of the moon in which it appears bisected, or
shows only half its disk, as at the quadratures. - Successive division and subdivision, as of a stem of a
plant or a vein of the body, into two parts as it proceeds from its
origin; successive bifurcation. - The place where a stem or vein is forked.
- A turning point; a crucial event - Broadcasting term for 9pm - Crucial event - Dividing line - Turning point - Turning point as to where run-off might be stored? - The whole region or extent of country which contributes
to the supply of a river or lake.
- A double star; -- applied to the nucleus of a cell, when,
during cell division, the loops of the nuclear network separate into
two groups, preparatory to the formation of two daughter nuclei. See
Karyokinesis.
- The indirect division of cells in which, prior to
division of the cell protoplasm, complicated changes take place in the
nucleus, attended with movement of the nuclear fibrils; -- opposed to
karyostenosis. The nucleus becomes enlarged and convoluted, and finally
the threads are separated into two groups which ultimately become
disconnected and constitute the daughter nuclei. Called also mitosis.
See Cell development, under Cell.