hexachotomy

English

Etymology

From hexa- +‎ -chotomy, after dichotomy, or from Ancient Greek ἑξαχῇ (hexakhêi, “in six ways”).

Noun

hexachotomy (countable and uncountable, plural hexachotomies)

1. The division of one into six separate but related parts.

Coordinate terms

• monochotomy (rare)
• dichotomy
• tetrachotomy
• pentachotomy
• heptachotomy
• octachotomy
• decachotomy
• polychotomy