DICHOTOMOUS Synonyms

• of or pertaining to a number system have 2 as its base

• a system of two stars that revolve around each other under their mutual gravitation

• a pre-compiled, pre-linked program that is ready to run under a given operating system; a binary for one operating system will not run on a different operating system

• consisting of two (units or components or elements or terms)

• two propositions are contradictories if both cannot be true (or both cannot be false) at the same time

• of words or propositions so related that both cannot be true and both cannot be false

• that confounds or contradicts or confuses

• in disagreement

• unable for both to exist or be true at the same time

• strikingly different; tending to contrast

• related to or along a diameter

• characterized by opposite extremes; completely opposed

• separated into parts or pieces

• having a median strip or island between lanes of traffic moving in opposite directions

• distributed in portions (often equal) on the basis of a plan or purpose

• capable of being interpreted in two usually contradictory ways

• of or relating to the philosophical doctrine of dualism

• located at or near or coming from the earth's poles

• of or existing at or near a geographical pole or within the Arctic or Antarctic Circles

• having a pair of equal and opposite charges

• characterized by opposite extremes; completely opposed

• extremely cold

• being of crucial importance

• being or feeling set or kept apart from others

• spaced apart

• separated at the joint

• no longer connected or joined

• extending the legs at right angles to the trunk (one in front and the other in back)

• an old Croatian city on the Adriatic Sea

• a bottle containing half the usual amount

• a promised or claimed share of loot or money

• a lengthwise crack in wood

• an opening made forcibly as by pulling apart

• a dessert of sliced fruit and ice cream covered with whipped cream and cherries and nuts

• (tenpin bowling) a divided formation of pins left standing after the first bowl

• an increase in the number of outstanding shares of a corporation without changing the shareholders' equity

• the act of rending or ripping or splitting something

• division of a group into opposing factions

• having been divided; having the unity destroyed

• (especially of wood) cut or ripped longitudinally with the grain

• separate into parts or portions

• separate or cut with a tool, such as a sharp instrument

• discontinue an association or relation; go different ways

• go one's own way; move apart

• come open suddenly and violently, as if from internal pressure

• marked by deliberate deceptiveness especially by pretending one set of feelings and acting under the influence of another

• having two faces--one looking to the future and one to the past

• by a factor of two

• having more than one decidedly dissimilar aspects or qualities

• twice as great or many

• A door, window, shutter, or divider consisting of two equal panels hinged together so that it opens by folding the panels against each other.

• A sheet of paper or cardboard folded in half along a crease down the center.

• A wallet, billfold, or carrying case with a single fold, so that it opens like a book.

• A crease or turn that causes something to double back on itself.

• Twofold, double.

• Of two kinds.

• resembling a fork; divided or separated into two branches

• having two meanings with intent to deceive