SECT

to cut into two pieces 

• trisect 
• bisect 
• vivisection 
• dissect 

to cut into three separate pieces 

• trisect 
• bisect 
• vivisection 
• dissect 

to cut apart for the purpose of investigation 

• trisect 
• bisect 
• vivisection 
• dissect 

Tags

CCSS.L.3.4B

CCSS.L.3.4C

CCSS.RF.3.3A

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

surgery on living animals; medical research that involves cutting into living animals to study organs, tissues, or diseases 

• trisect 
• bisect 
• vivisection 
• dissect 

a class of small arthropod animals that has three separate sections to their bodies; head, thorax, abdomen 

• insect 
• intersection 
• sector 
• transect 

the point at which two lines or roads meet and cut across each other 

• insect 
• intersection 
• sector 
• transect 

a separate part of something 

• section 
• intersection 
• sector 
• transect 

a couch that is made up of separate pieces 

• section 
• sectional 
• sector 
• transect 

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.K.5A

a separate part of a society, group, or area 

• section 
• sectional 
• sector 
• transect 

to cut across something 

• section 
• sectional 
• sector 
• transect