dichotomousとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

From Late Latin dichotomos, from Ancient Greek διχότομος (dikhótomos, “cut in half”). By surface analysis, dichotomy +‎ -ous.

発音

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /daɪˈkɒt.ə.məs/
• (General American, dialects of Canada) IPA: /daɪˈkɑ.tə.məs/, [daɪˈkɑ.ɾə.məs]
• (Canada, dialects of the 米国発音) IPA: /daɪˈkɒt.ə.məs/, [daɪˈkɒɾ.ə.məs]
• (General Australian) IPA: /dɑeˈkɔt.ə.məs/, [dɑe̯ˈkɔɾ.ə.məs]
• (New Zealand) IPA: /daɪˈkɒt.ə.məs/, [dɑe̯ˈkɔ̟ɾ.ə.məs]

形容詞

dichotomous (not comparable)

1. Dividing or branching into two mutually exclusive pieces.
   • 1992, Marie L. Hicks, Guide to the Liverworts of North Carolina, page 197:

     Genus Riccia L. Plants are thalloid, forming rosettes or loose, dichotomous patches.

   • 2023 February 23, Fara Dabhoiwala, “The West by Naoíse Mac Sweeney review – history rediscovered”, in The Guardian‎, →ISSN:

     The second half of the book switches to the increasingly dark story of how, from the 17th century onwards, European thinkers and politicians constructed a more and more dichotomous worldview.

同意語

• (dividing into two equal parts): bipartite, forked

派生語

関連する語

• dichotomy