A phase of the moon when it appears half lit and half dark, as at the quadratures.
The division of a genus into two species; a division into two subordinate parts.
A separation or division into two; a distinction that results in such a division.
Such a division involving apparently incompatible or opposite principles; a duality.
The division of a class into two disjoint subclasses that are together comprehensive, as the division of man into white and not white.
Division and subdivision; bifurcation, as of a stem of a plant or a vein of the body into two parts as it proceeds from its origin; often successive.
The phase of the moon when it is waning.
The moon when it is waning.