dissection
/daɪˈsekʃən/digh-SEK-shuhn
UK form converted from the US by rule · unchecked/daɪˈsɛkʃən/digh-SEK-shuhn
Meaningthe act of dissecting
Common meaning: cutting apart to study
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- disapart, away; not
- sectto cutLewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), p. 1653 · scan
- ionnoun ending: act or result
‘apart, away’ + ‘to cut’ → dissection
Journey through time
- Latinsecō, secuī, sectum‘to cut’
- Englishdissect‘to cut apart to study’
- Englishformed in English from dissectdissection‘cutting apart to study’ · today
Sources & notes
Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.
Pronunciation
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- US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
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Origin: Formed in English from dissect + -ion.
Dictionary: Skeat (1898), DISSECT, p.172 · scan
Roots
- secō, secuī, sectum Latin “to cut”
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