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divider |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Divider \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 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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: divider n : a vertical structure that divides or separates (as a wall divides one room from another) [syn: {partition}]
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