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Dividing
Divide Di*vide", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Divided; p. pr. & vb. n. Dividing.] [L. dividere, divisum; di- = dis- + root signifying to part; cf. Skr. vyadh to pierce; perh. akin to L. vidua widow, and E. widow. Cf. Device, Devise.] 1. To part asunder (a whole); to sever into two or more parts or pieces; to sunder; to separate into parts. Divide the living child in two. --1 Kings iii. 25. 2. To cause to be separate; to keep apart by a partition, or by an imaginary line or limit; as, a wall divides two houses; a stream divides the towns. Let it divide the waters from the waters. --Gen. i. 6. 3. To make partition of among a number; to apportion, as profits of stock among proprietors; to give in shares; to distribute; to mete out; to share. True justice unto people to divide. --Spenser. Ye shall divide the land by lot. --Num. xxxiii. 54. 4. To disunite in opinion or interest; to make discordant or hostile; to set at variance. If a kingdom be divided against itself, that kingdom can not stand. --Mark iii. 24. Every family became now divided within itself. --Prescott. 5. To separate into two parts, in order to ascertain the votes for and against a measure; as, to divide a legislative house upon a question. 6. (Math.) To subject to arithmetical division. 7. (Logic) To separate into species; -- said of a genus or generic term. 8. (Mech.) To mark divisions on; to graduate; as, to divide a sextant. 9. (Music) To play or sing in a florid style, or with variations. [Obs.] --Spenser. Syn: To sever; dissever; sunder; cleave; disjoin; disunite; detach; disconnect; part; distribute; share.
Dividing
Dividing Di*vid"ing, a. That divides; separating; marking divisions; graduating. Dividing engine, a machine for graduating circles (as for astronomical instruments) or bars (as for scales); also, for spacing off and cutting teeth in wheels. Dividing sinker. (Knitting Mach.). See under Sinker.

Meaning of dividing from wikipedia

- (disambiguation) Vertical line (dividing line) All pages with titles beginning with Divide All pages with titles containing Divide This disambiguation page lists...
- Kosciuszko, resides in the Snowy Mountains portion of southern Great Dividing Range. The Dividing Range does not consist of a single continuous mountain chain...
- Divide and rule policy (Latin: divide et impera), or divide and conquer, in politics and sociology is gaining and maintaining power divisively. This includes...
- rugged land, the divide lies along topographical ridges, and may be in the form of a single range of hills or mountains, known as a dividing range. On flat...
- well-defined result. Dividing any non-zero number by positive zero (+0) results in an infinity of the same sign as the dividend. Dividing any non-zero number...
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- constantly dividing have a higher risk of dividing uncontrollably and becoming malignant, or cancerous. Muscle tissue does not consist of constantly dividing cells...
- The Laurentian Divide also called the Northern Divide and locally the height of land, is a continental divide in central North America that separates the...
- Dividing territories, market division or horizontal territorial allocation is an agreement by two companies to stay out of each other's way and reduce...
- In electronics, a voltage divider (also known as a potential divider) is a p****ive linear circuit that produces an output voltage (Vout) that is a fraction...