Dichotomous vs. Dichotomic

Dichotomousadjective

Dividing or branching into two pieces.

Dichotomousadjective

Regularly dividing by pairs from bottom to top; as, a dichotomous stem.

Dichotomousadjective

divided or dividing into two sharply distinguished parts or classifications

Dichotomousadjective

exhibiting or characterized by dichotomy

Dichotomousadjective

(of branching) in which the axis is divided into two branches.

Dichotomicadjective

(computing) Choosing between two antithetical choices, between two distinct alternatives. Classification based upon two opposites. [http://www.iop.org/EJ/abstract/0305-4470/27/14/016]

Dichotomicadjective

(botany) That system of classification which pertains to two opposite criteria.