About The Word Divider
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Divider
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What's The Definition Of Divider?
[n] a vertical structure that divides or separates (as a wall divides one room from another)
[n] a person who separates something into parts or groups [n] a taxonomist who classifies organisms into many groups on the basis of relatively minor characteristics Synonyms | Synonyms for Divider: partition | splitter Related Terms | Find terms related to Divider: See Also | bulkhead | construction | human | individual | mortal | person | screen | somebody | someone | soul | structure | subdivider | systematist | taxonomer | taxonomist | wall Divider In Webster's Dictionary \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.
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