| 单词 |
polychotomous |
| 释义 |
polychotomous, a.|pɒlɪˈkɒtəməs| [Erroneously formed by substituting poly- for di- in dicho-tomous, dichotomous.] Divided, or involving division, into many (or more than two) parts, sections, groups, or branches: = polytomous. So polyˈchotomy, division into more than two parts or groups, as in classification: = polytomy.
1858Mayne Expos. Lex., Polychotomus, applied to a body that is divided into numerous articulations..: polychotomous. 1887Amer. Naturalist Oct. 915 Polychotomy is probably never more than provisional, and all classification will eventually be dichotomous. |

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