divider

American  

[dih-vahy-der] / dɪˈvaɪ dər /

noun

dividers plural

1. a person or thing that divides.

2. dividers, a pair of compasses, as used for dividing lines, measuring, etc.

3. a partition between two areas or dividing one area into two, as a piece of cardboard in a box or a bookcase jutting out from a wall.

4. room divider.

5. Mining. bunton.

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divider British  

/ dɪˈvaɪdə /

noun

1. Also called: room divider.  a screen or piece of furniture placed so as to divide a room into separate areas

2. a person or thing that divides

3. electronics an electrical circuit with an output that is a well-defined fraction of the given input

   a voltage divider

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Other Word Forms

Derived Forms

• predivider
  noun

Inflected Forms

Nouns

• dividers
  plural

Etymology

Origin of divider

First recorded in 1520–30; divide + -er ¹

Example Sentences

The project, code named Divider, was the 1,054th nuclear weapons test conducted by the US, according to the Los Alamos National Laboratory, which played a central role in helping develop the world's first atomic bomb.

From BBC • Oct. 29, 2025

Thank you to Slate’s Fred Kaplan, then, for reading Peter Baker and Susan Glasser’s book The Divider, which confirms that this is the case.

From Slate • Jan. 11, 2025

He is the author of seven books, most recently “The Divider: Trump in the White House, 2017-2021,” with Susan Glasser.

From New York Times • Jul. 16, 2023

The remark came during a meeting with Peter Baker and Susan Glasser, the authors of The Divider: Trump in the White House 2017-2021, around the time of Mr. Trump’s first impeachment.

From Washington Times • Sep. 17, 2022

"Who made mee a Judge, or Divider over you?"

From Leviathan by Hobbes, Thomas

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