English-Russian translations for dichotomy

• дихотоми́я
• дихотомия

Definition of dichotomy

• A separation or division into two; a distinction that results in such a division
• Such a division involving apparently incompatible or opposite principles; a duality
• The division of a genus into two species; a division into two subordinate parts
• Division and subdivision; bifurcation, as of a stem of a plant or a vein of the body into two parts as it proceeds from its origin; often successive

Related words

• dichotomic
• dichotomous
• dichotomously
• dichotomize
• dichotomus
• false dichotomy