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Divider   /dɪvˈaɪdər/   Listen
Divider

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



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"Divider" Quotes from Famous Books



... amount to be cut off to make it fit into the space left by the turn-in of the leather is marked on it with dividers, measuring from the edge of the board. A cutting tin is then placed on the book, the paste-down paper turned over it, and the edges trimmed off to the divider points with a knife and straight-edge, leaving small pieces to cover the ends of the ...
— Bookbinding, and the Care of Books - A handbook for Amateurs, Bookbinders & Librarians • Douglas Cockerell

... theology as a whole, without being untrue to itself; but there is no reason why we should not break this shell of doctrine, and find the vital truths which it contains. And if it be said, "Who made you a judge or a divider on these subjects?" we reply, that only by contributions from all quarters can a final judgment be reached. Meantime, it is the right and duty of every serious thinker to add his own opinion to the common stock; willing to be refuted when wrong,—glad, if right, to be helpful ...
— Orthodoxy: Its Truths And Errors • James Freeman Clarke

... interference; intrusion, obtrusion; insinuation. insertion &c. 300; dovetailing; embolism. intermediary, intermedium[obs3]; go between, bodkin|!, intruder, interloper; parenthesis, episode, flyleaf. partition, septum, diaphragm; midriff; dissepiment[obs3]; party wall, panel, room divider. halfway house. V. lie between, come between, get between; intervene, slide in, interpenetrate, permeate. put between, introduce, import, throw in, wedge in, edge in, jam in, worm in, foist in, run in, plow in, work in; interpose, interject, ...
— Roget's Thesaurus

... and descriptions we give this week, entitled "How to Break a Cord," "Prestidigitation," "Circle Divider," "Sulphurous Acid," "Production of Gas," "Aquatic Velocipede," "Several Toys," "Scientific Amusements," are from our ...
— Scientific American Supplement, No. 483, April 4, 1885 • Various



Words linked to "Divider" :   brattice, soul, person, divide, potential divider, mortal, someone, taxonomist, bulkhead, structure, somebody, individual, screen, wall, drafting instrument, systematist, taxonomer, construction, lumper



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