divider

2 definitions found

divider - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Divider \Di*vid"er\, n.
     1. One who, or that which, divides; that which separates
        anything into parts.
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     2. One who deals out to each his share.
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              Who made me a judge or a divider over you? --Luke
                                                    xii. 14.
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     3. One who, or that which, causes division.
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              Hate is of all things the mightiest divider.
                                                    --Milton.
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              Money, the great divider of the world. --Swift.
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     4. pl. An instrument for dividing lines, describing circles,
        etc., compasses. See Compasses.
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     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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     5. a vertical structure that divides or separates (as a wall
        divides one room from another).
  
     Note: The structure may be a wall with an opening in it to
           allow seeing one part of the room from the other. This
           term is also used to designate a semitransparent
           curtain formed by hanging multiple strings of various
           materials from a ceiling, intended to visually
           partition a room without inhibiting passage between the
           partitions
  
     Syn: partition, room divider.
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divider - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  divider
      n 1: a taxonomist who classifies organisms into many groups on
           the basis of relatively minor characteristics [syn:
           splitter, divider] [ant: lumper]
      2: a person who separates something into parts or groups
      3: a vertical structure that divides or separates (as a wall
         divides one room from another) [syn: partition, divider]
      4: a drafting instrument resembling a compass that is used for
         dividing lines into equal segments or for transferring
         measurements