dichotomize

1. (transitive) To separate into two parts, to classify into two classes, or to categorize into two categories.Examples: "The apostolical benediction dichotomizes all good things into grace and peace."; "Also, societies cannot be dichotomized into hunter-gatherer bands and agricultural civilizations."Synonyms: binarizetransitive

2. (intransitive) To be divided into two.Synonyms: bisect, halveintransitive

3. (astronomy) To exhibit as a half disk.Examples: "If the moon was a perfectly smooth sphere […] the place when she was dichotomized, […] would depend upon the sun's distance from the earth."