Definition of: dichotomize

(dī·kot′ə·mīz) v. ·mized, ·miz·ing v.t.
1. To cut or.part into two sections; subdivide or separate and classify into pairs.
2. Astron. To exhibit as a half disk, as the moon.
—v.i. To be or become separated into two parts.
—di·chot′o·mi·za′tion noun