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No Stupid Questions

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Similar case in point: "bimonthly" means "twice a month." That makes sense.

But the definition for "bi-weekly" does not make sense.

What do you think?

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[โ€“] Splitdipless@lemmy.ca 5 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Yeah. Bicycle - two wheels. Bisection - two sections. Yes, you are cutting a something into parts, but it's identifying you have 2 of them after the cut. If you have 3 sections after the cutting, it's trisected.

[โ€“] ook_the_librarian@lemmy.world 1 points 11 months ago

Bisection is confusing because two cuts leaves three pieces. It should unisection. \s