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divider

[dih-vahy-der]

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noun

a person or thing that divides.
dividers, a pair of compasses, as used for dividing lines, measuring, etc.
a partition between two areas or dividing one area into two, as a piece of cardboard in a box or a bookcase jutting out from a wall.
room divider.
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divider

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noun

Also called: room divider.��a screen or piece of furniture placed so as to divide a room into separate areas
a person or thing that divides
electronics an electrical circuit with an output that is a well-defined fraction of the given input
a voltage divider

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Other Word Forms

predivider noun

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Word History and Origins

Origin of divider¹

First recorded in 1520–30; divide + -er ¹

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They used room dividers to carve their space into sleeping quarters.

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Then there are the tall medians - or road dividers, as they are locally called.

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It then bounced back into the road where it crashed into a bridge divider and came to rest, according to KTLA.

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Though the move hasn’t been without its challenges for the K-6 community: The new space doesn’t have permanent interior walls, requiring the use of temporary dividers.

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Okeke was traveling with a teenage passenger in his vehicle when Wheaton crossed the center divider and crashed into his vehicle.

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