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di·vid·er

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–noun

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.

[Origin: 1520–30; divide + -er¹

]

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di·vid·er Audio Help (dĭ-vī'dər) Pronunciation Key
n.

1. One that divides, especially a screen or other partition.
2. Chiefly British A highway median strip.
A device resembling a compass, used for dividing lines and transferring measurements.

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divider
noun
1.	a taxonomist who classifies organisms into many groups on the basis of relatively minor characteristics [syn: splitter] [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]
4.	a drafting instrument resembling a compass that is used for dividing lines into equal segments or for transferring measurements

Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
Main Entry: di·vid·er
Pronunciation: d&-'vId-&r
Function: noun
: the second incisor tooth of a horse situated between the center andcorner incisors on each side —compare NIPPER 2

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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This

Divider

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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