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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Source: The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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