English
Etymology
This term is an adjective derived from the noun dichotomy.
Adjective
en-adj
- computing Choosing between two anti-antithetical choices. Classification based upon two opposites.1
- botany : That system of classification which pertains to two opposite criteria.2
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The NIST Dictionary of Algorithms and Data Structures defines dichotomous search as: "Search by selecting between two distinct alternatives (dichotomies) at each step."
Quotations
"The distinction between a monist and dichotomic analysis of the paradox." 3
"Most of the so-called scientific books on classification work on dichotomic keys, i.e. the user is asked a lot of questions in succession and has at each one to decide between two answers." 4
"DNN [Dichotomic Node Network] is a network representation of an entity of which the constituents are nodes that is consisted of a pair of dichotomic attributes." 5
See also
Dichotomy
Dichotomous
Pronunciation
Di*chot"o*mic (dI-'kät-&-mik)
External links
http://www.nist.gov/dads/HTML/dichotomic.html
http://www.univ-corse.fr/~franceschi/sep(gb).htm
http://www.iop.org/EJ/abstract/0305-4470/27/14/016
http://www.biologie.uni-hamburg.de/b-online/e02/02.htm
http://www.disi.unige.it/person/RovettaS/research/techrep/DISI-TR-03-04.pdf
http://astro.df.unipi.it/ORCHIDS/Keys/Keys.html
http://cogprints.org/2184/
http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/els/00051098/1999/00000035/00000004/art00161
http://csdl.computer.org/comp/proceedings/icalt/2004/2181/00/21810702abs.htm
http://www.artnet.de/artwork/424063981/Estate_of_Lorser_Feitelson_Dichotomic_Organization_Stripes.html
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