divider
[dih-vahy-der]
- a person or thing that divides.
- dividers, a pair of compasses, as used for dividing lines, measuring, etc.
- 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.
- room divider.
- Mining. bunton.
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Origin of divider
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Historical Examples
It can be done with the dividers by using care in scribing the centers.
Practical Mechanics for BoysJ. S. Zerbe
There is a knack in the use of the dividers, where accuracy is wanted, and where the surface is of wood.
Carpentry for BoysJ. S. Zerbe
But the brisk, courteous person with the dividers and tape-measure is reassuring.
The Perfect GentlemanRalph Bergengren
"I wonder if there is such a thing as a pair of dividers here," he remarked.
The Secret WirelessLewis E. Theiss
With his dividers he found the letter next nearest to the centre.
The Secret WirelessLewis E. Theiss
dividers
- a type of compass with two pointed arms, used for measuring lines or dividing them
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divider
- Also called: room divider a screen or piece of furniture placed so as to divide a room into separate areas
- a person or thing that divides
- electronics an electrical circuit with an output that is a well-defined fraction of the given inputa voltage divider
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Word Origin and History for dividers
divider
n.
1520s, agent noun from divide (v.). Meaning "partition or screen," especially in a room, is from 1959.
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