dissect : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: dissect	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for dissect
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
dissect v cut open or cut apart; "dissect the bodies for analysis" make a mathematical, chemical, or grammatical analysis of; break down into components or essential features; "analyze a specimen"; "analyze a sentence"; "analyze a chemical compound" Synonym(s): analyze, analyse, break down, dissect, take apart Antonym(s): synthesise, synthesize
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Dissect \Dis*sect"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Dissected}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Dissecting}.] [L. dissectus, p. p. of dissecare; dis- + secare to cut. See {Section}.] 1. (Anat.) To divide into separate parts; to cut in pieces; to separate and expose the parts of, as an animal or a plant, for examination and to show their structure and relations; to anatomize.