dividers

/ dɪˈvaɪdəz /

plural noun

1. a type of compass with two pointed arms, used for measuring lines or dividing them

Example Sentences

With dividers and compass lay off the width of the board into twice as many parts as the dovetails wanted.

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In order to be accurate a line should be drawn along each piece of metal, and the dividers should step off the marks on that line.

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"Do what she says, Will," he mumbled, his eyes crossing on the dividers.

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Our draftsmen had always obtained their dividers from Europe.

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The first are the persecutors, and the other the dividers and disturbers of the church.

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