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Word: Polychotomy
Speech Type: Noun
Etymology:
late 19th century; earliest use found in American Naturalist. From poly- + -chotomy, after polychotomous; compare -tomy
Definition:
Division into more than two parts or groups; especially the division of a taxonomic grouping into more than two subgroups; an instance of this.
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