divider
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
PIE word |
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*dwóh₁ |
Pronunciation[edit]
- (UK) IPA(key): /dɪˈvaɪdə(ɹ)/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
Noun[edit]
divider (plural dividers)
- One who or that which divides or separates.
- 1891, George MacDonald, A Rough Shaking, page 33:
- I was greatly his inferior, but love is a quick divider of shares: he that gathers much has nothing over, and he that gathers little has no lack.
- A physical object for dividing up a space.
- 1980, Robert M. Jones, editor, Walls and Ceilings, Time-Life Books, →ISBN, page 58:
- It is perfectly possible to separate one area of a room from another, or even to create an entirely new room, with a lightweight room divider that assembles with a minimum of fuss.
- A piece of card placed in a ring binder to separate groups of documents.
- An electronic device for separating a signal, frequency, etc., into two or more parts.
- A device resembling a drawing compass and used to transfer measurements of length.
- The median (US) or central reservation (UK) of a highway or other road where traffic in opposite directions are kept separated.
Derived terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
object that separates
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median of a highway
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Norwegian Bokmål[edit]
Verb[edit]
divider
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