divider : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: divider	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
divider n a taxonomist who classifies organisms into many groups on the basis of relatively minor characteristics Synonym(s): splitter, divider Antonym(s): lumper a person who separates something into parts or groups a vertical structure that divides or separates (as a wall divides one room from another) Synonym(s): partition, divider a drafting instrument resembling a compass that is used for dividing lines into equal segments or for transferring measurements
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Divider \Divid"er\, n. 1. One who, or that which, divides; that which separates anything into parts. 2. One who deals out to each his share. Who made me a judge or a divider* over you? --Luke xii. 14. 3. One who, or that which, causes division. Hate is of all things the mightiest divider. --Milton. Money, the great divider of the world. --Swift. 4. pl. An instrument for dividing lines, describing circles, etc., compasses. See {Compasses}. 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.