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dimidiation
dimidiation (dɪˌmɪdɪˈeɪʃən, daɪ-) [ad. L. dīmidiātiōn-em, n. of action from dīmidiāre to halve: see dimidiate a.] The action of halving, or condition of being halved; spec. in Her. the combination or ‘marshalling’ of two coats of arms by placing side by side the dexter half of one and the sinister h...
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Dimidiation
In heraldry, dimidiation is a method of marshalling (heraldically combining) two coats of arms. For a time, dimidiation preceded the method known as impalement.
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dimidiated
diˈmidiated, ppl. a. [f. prec. + -ed.] Halved; divided into halves, or having only one half shown or represented; spec. in Her. of a bearing or coat of arms. (Cf. dimidiation, demi B. 1.)1572 J. Bossewell Armorie ii. 42 Sundrie wayes they [Lions] are borne in armes..Dimidiated, Parted, Couped. 1647 ...
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Bordure
not run down it, as shown in the arms of Kemp as Archbishop of Canterbury in the 15th century; this rule is considered a relic of the older practice of dimidiation
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dimidiate
▪ I. dimidiate, a. (dɪˈmɪdɪət, daɪ-) [ad. L. dīmidiātus, pa. pple. of dīmidiāre to halve, f. dīmidium half, f. di-, dis- asunder + medius mid, medium middle.] 1. Divided into halves; halved, half.1768–74 Tucker Lt. Nat. (1852) I. 475 The dimidiate platform of your staircase. 1825 Lamb Elia Ser. ii. ...
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Impalement (heraldry)
See also
Courtoisie
Dimidiation (historically earlier method of combining two coats of arms)
Division of the field
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Heraldry
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bordure
bordure (ˈbɔːdjʊə(r)) [The earlier form of border, F. bordure, OF. bordeure.] 1. Her. ‘A Bearing that goes all round, and parallel to the boundary of the Escutcheon, in form of a hem, and always contains a fifth part of the Field in breadth.’ Porny Elem. Her. 1787.1460 Lybeaus Disc. 858 He bar the s...
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Dexter and sinister
This division is key to dimidiation, a method of joining two coats of arms by placing the dexter half of one coat of arms alongside the sinister half of
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Jessant-de-lys
however tentatively suggests them to be the result of a rare compounding of two separate coats of arms, resulting from a marriage to an heiress, akin to dimidiation
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Hochtaunuskreis
Coat of arms
The coat of arms is a dimidiation of the arms of the Obertaunus district in the left half and the Usingen district in the right half.
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除以二
在数学中,除以二是一种运算动作,即被除数的除数(分母)是二、或乘以二分之一的动作,又可称为半分(dimidiation)或平分(halving)。最早将除以二视为一种独立运算的是古埃及人,其用于中的一个基本步骤。一直到近代,除以二都有被单独当作为一种运算方式看待的情况。
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Division by two
In mathematics, division by two or halving has also been called mediation or dimidiation. One half
Median, a value that splits a set of data values into two equal subsets
Bisection, the partition of a geometric object into two equal halves
Dimidiation
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Blazon
Impalement replaced the earlier dimidiation combining the dexter half of one coat with the sinister half of another because dimidiation can create ambiguity
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Arms of alliance
Arms of alliance refers to the heraldic practice of displaying two armorial bearings in their own right side by side, as opposed to impalement or dimidiation
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German heraldry
Due to the early practice of marshalling by dividing the marshalled arms through the middle of the charge (called "dimidiation"), some charges took on arms retained some aspects of dimidiation, yielding a half eagle on one side and a whole lion on the other in some cases, such as the arms of Goslar.
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