divider

Noun
Synonyms: splitterpartition

WordNet 3.0

Noun (4)

  1. a taxonomist who classifies organisms into many groups on the basis of relatively minor characteristicsSynonyms: 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)Synonyms: 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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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

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]

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