dicotomía

== Spanish == === Etymology === Borrowed from Ancient Greek διχοτομία (dikhotomía, “a cutting in half”), from διχῆ (dikhê, “in two, asunder”) + τέμνω (témnō, “to cut”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /dikotoˈmia/ [d̪i.ko.t̪oˈmi.a] Rhymes: -ia Syllabification: di‧co‧to‧mí‧a === Noun === dicotomía f (plural dicotomías) dichotomy (a separation or division in two) (logic, philosophy) dichotomy (a division of a class into two disjoint subclasses) (botany) dichotomy (bifurcation) ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== === Further reading === “dicotomía”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025