halving

The process or instance of dividing in half.

Noun

  1. The process or instance of dividing in half.
    • There are several recursion theorems for large sets, such that a single new halving results in several new infinite families of halvings.
    • 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:

Forms

halvings

Synonyms

bisection

Verb

  1. present participle and gerund of halve