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Webster 1913 Edition


Divider

Di-vid′er

,
Noun.
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
.
☞ 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.

Webster 1828 Edition


Divider

DIVIDER

,
Noun.
1.
He or that which divides; that which separates into parts.
2.
A distributor; one who deals out to each his share.
Who made me a judge or divider over you. Luke 12.
3.
He or that which disunites.
4.
A kind of compasses.

Definition 2024


divider

divider

English

Noun

divider (plural dividers)

  1. An object that separates.
    1. A piece of card placed in a ring binder to separate groups of documents.
  2. A device resembling a drawing compass and used to transfer measurements of length.
  3. (Britain, US) The median (US) or central reservation (Britain) of a highway or other road where traffic in opposite directions are kept separated.
  4. A person who separates or classifies.

Translations


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Verb

divider

  1. imperative of dividere