m_dissection05

1. The act or an instance of dissecting

2. Something that has been dissected, such as a tissue specimen under study

3. A detailed examination or analysis

Source: The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

1. the act or process of dissecting or separating: as a) the surgical removal along natural lines of cleavage of tissues which are or might become diseased b) the digital separation of tissues c) a pathological splitting or separation of tissue
2. something (as a part or the whole of an animal) that has been dissected b) an anatomical specimen prepared in this way

to cut open something, especially a dead body or a plant, and study its structure

Source: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary

Etymology:

Latin dissectus, past participle of dissecare to cut apart, from dis- + secare to cut

1. to separate into pieces : expose the several parts of (as an animal) for scientific examination

2. to analyze and interpret minutely

the separation and identification of the parts of a whole

Source: Merriam-Webster Online

Any two rectilinear figures with equal area can be dissected into a finite number of pieces to form each other. This is the Wallace-Bolyai-Gerwien theorem. Two polygons are congruent by dissection if they have the same area

Source: http://mathworld.wolfram.com/Dissection.html

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