DIVIDER

divider

(noun) a drafting instrument resembling a compass that is used for dividing lines into equal segments or for transferring measurements

partition, divider

(noun) a vertical structure that divides or separates (as a wall divides one room from another)

divider

(noun) a person who separates something into parts or groups

splitter, divider

(noun) a taxonomist who classifies organisms into many groups on the basis of relatively minor characteristics

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Noun

divider (plural dividers)

An object that separates.

A piece of card placed in a ring binder to separate groups of documents.

A device resembling a drawing compass and used to transfer measurements of length.

(British, US) The median (US) or central reservation (UK) of a highway or other road where traffic in opposite directions are kept separated.

A person who divides or separates.

Source: Wiktionary

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Di*vid"er, n.

1. One who, or that which, divides; that which separates anything into parts.

2. One who deals out to each his share. Who made me a judge or a divider over you Luke xii. 14.

3. One who, or that which, causes division. Hate is of all things the mightiest divider. Milton. Money, the great divider of the world. Swift.

4. pl.

Definition: An instrument for dividing lines, describing circles, etc., compasses. See Compasses.

Note: The word dividers is usually applied to the instrument as made for the use of draughtsmen, etc.; compasses to the coarser instrument used by carpenters.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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