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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (4)

1. a taxonomist who classifies organisms into many groups on the basis of relatively minor characteristics;
[syn: splitter, divider]

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;


The 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. [1913 Webster] 2. One who deals out to each his share. [1913 Webster] Who made me a judge or a divider over you? --Luke xii. 14. [1913 Webster] 3. One who, or that which, causes division. [1913 Webster] Hate is of all things the mightiest divider. --Milton. [1913 Webster] Money, the great divider of the world. --Swift. [1913 Webster] 4. pl. An instrument for dividing lines, describing circles, etc., compasses. See Compasses. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] 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. [WordNet 1.5 PJC]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

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