Usually means: Division into multiple distinct categories.
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  1. polychotomy: Merriam-Webster
  2. polychotomy: Collins English Dictionary
  3. polychotomy: Wordnik
  4. polychotomy: Wiktionary
  5. polychotomy: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  6. Polychotomy: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  7. polychotomy: The Phrontistery - A Dictionary of Obscure Words

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  1. polychotomy: Dictionary of Algorithms and Data Structures

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Definitions from Wiktionary (polychotomy)

▸ noun:  polytomy
▸ noun:  A division or separation into more than two groups or pieces; a distinction that results in such division.

Similar:
polyphylesis, multichotomy, polytypy, polysemousness, polylecty, polytoky, polyhedroid, polythely, polytype, polychoron, more...

Opposite:
monotomy, dichotomy, binary

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Similar:
polyphylesis, multichotomy, polytypy, polysemousness, polylecty, polytoky, polyhedroid, polythely, polytype, polychoron, more...

Opposite:
monotomy, dichotomy, binary



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