dividern.

/dɪˈvʌɪdə/

Etymology: < divide v. + -er suffix¹.

One who or that which divides, in various senses.

1. One who or that which separates a whole into parts or portions.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > separation > action of dividing or divided condition > [noun] > one who or that which divides

divisor1542

divider1591

divisioner1616

divident1656

dismemberer1865

red line1875

1591 R. Percyvall Bibliotheca Hispanica Dict. at Ochavero A deuider into eight parts.

1644 K. Digby Two Treat. i. ix. 63 According as the body mooued, or the diuider did more and more enter into the diuided body.

1674 J. Josselyn Acct. Two Voy. 54 The Sun and Moon..the dividers of time into dayes and years.

1774 Hist. in Ann. Reg. 2/2 The dividers of Poland.

1862 F. Hall tr. N. N. Gore Rational Refut. Hindu Philos. Syst. 239 Two several dividers of intelligence.

2. One who distributes, a distributor; one who shares something with another.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > possession > giving > distributing or dealing out > [noun] > dividing and sharing out > one who

dealerc1000

divider1526

reparter1574

parceller1664

departitor1884

1526 Bible (Tyndale) Luke xii. f. xcvj^v Who made me a iudge, or a devider over you?

1587 Sir P. Sidney & A. Golding tr. P. de Mornay Trewnesse Christian Relig. i. 4 Then is there a deuider or distributer of these things.

1802 Noble Wanderers II. 88 Roused from the stupor of her affliction by this little divider of her cares.

†3. One who makes philosophical distinctions (cf. divide v. 4b); one who classifies. Obsolete.

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the mind > mental capacity > philosophy > philosopher > [noun]

philosopher?1316

philosophe1340

divider1588

philosophist1589

philosophizer1676

thinker1830

philosopherling1833

phantasmagorist1862

philosopher's philosopher1879

maître à penser1959

1588 A. Fraunce Lawiers Logike i. xiii. f. 57 Plato..compareth inartificial dividers to bungling cookes, who in stead of artificiall carving, use rudely to breake and dismember thinges.

1610 J. Healey tr. St. Augustine Citie of God vi. ii. 239 Who was euer a more curious inquisitor of these matters..a more elegant diuider, or a more exact recorder?

4. One who or that which disunites, separates, or parts; a causer of dissension or discord.

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society > society and the community > dissent > [noun] > causing dissension > one who > one who causes division or disunity

divider1644

1644 J. Milton Doctr. Divorce (ed. 2) 75 Hate is of all things the mightiest divider.

1724 J. Swift Let. to People of Ireland 13 Money, the great Divider of the World, hath..been the great Uniter of a most Divided people.

1870 H. Macmillan Bible Teachings xv. 295.

1871 F. T. Palgrave Lyrical Poems 56 They swear that death the divider Shall only unite them more.

†5. Arithmetic. = divisor n. Obsolete. rare.

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the world > relative properties > number > arithmetic or algebraic operations > [noun] > division > divisor or dividend

divisorc1430

particular numbera1464

dividend1543

divident?a1560

subdivident1581

dividual1704

divider1797

1797 Monthly Mag. 130 By my method of dividers, other numbers might have been assumed for the value of y.

6. plural (a) Dividing compasses; a kind of compasses worked by means of a screw fastened to one leg and passing through the other; used for measuring or setting off very small intervals; (b) a simple pair of compasses with steel points.

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the world > relative properties > measurement > measuring instrument > [noun] > for measuring distances > compasses, dividers, or callipers

compassa1387

proportional compass1570

callipers1571

calliper compass1581

triangular compasses1701

dividers1703

cannipers1707

hair-compasses1728

bow-compass1796

outside calliper1874

wing-compass1875

moff1885

odd-leg1900

1703 Moxon's Mech. Dyalling (ed. 4) in Moxon's Mech. Exercises (new ed.) 316 You may in small Quadrants divide truer and with less trouble with Steel Dividers, (which open or close with a Screw for that purpose,) then you can with Compasses.

1875 F. G. D. Bedford Sailor's Pocket Bk. (ed. 2) v. 195 Chart, scale, and dividers.

1879 Cassell's Techn. Educator (new ed.) I. 12 Compasses which have both points of steel are called ‘dividers’.

1881 Metal World No. 14. 218 A pair of 4½ in. or 5 in. plain dividers, or what are called hair dividers.

7. Farming. (See quot. 1874.)

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1874 E. H. Knight Pract. Dict. Mech. Divider (Husbandry), the prow or wedge-formed piece on a reaping-machine, which divides the grain to be cut from the standing grain.

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8. Mining. plural. Timbers or scantling put across a shaft to divide it into compartments: also called buntons. (Raymond Mining Gloss.)

9. A partition or screen; spec. a piece of furniture or the like dividing a room into two parts; cf. room divider n. at room n.¹ and int. Compounds 1b.

ΘΚΠ

society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > furniture and fittings > screen > [noun]

screen1348

scuc1440

room divider1948

divider1960

1960 House & Garden May 59 Divider (with glass shelves), £30.

1970 Harper's Bazaar Oct. 17/2 The restaurant is spacious with raffia'd dividers between the tables.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	divider
释义	dividern. /dɪˈvʌɪdə/ Etymology: < divide v. + -er suffix¹. One who or that which divides, in various senses. 1. One who or that which separates a whole into parts or portions. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > separation > action of dividing or divided condition > [noun] > one who or that which divides divisor1542 divider1591 divisioner1616 divident1656 dismemberer1865 red line1875 1591 R. Percyvall Bibliotheca Hispanica Dict. at Ochavero A deuider into eight parts. 1644 K. Digby Two Treat. i. ix. 63 According as the body mooued, or the diuider did more and more enter into the diuided body. 1674 J. Josselyn Acct. Two Voy. 54 The Sun and Moon..the dividers of time into dayes and years. 1774 Hist. in Ann. Reg. 2/2 The dividers of Poland. 1862 F. Hall tr. N. N. Gore Rational Refut. Hindu Philos. Syst. 239 Two several dividers of intelligence. 2. One who distributes, a distributor; one who shares something with another. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > giving > distributing or dealing out > [noun] > dividing and sharing out > one who dealerc1000 divider1526 reparter1574 parceller1664 departitor1884 1526 Bible (Tyndale) Luke xii. f. xcvj^v Who made me a iudge, or a devider over you? 1587 Sir P. Sidney & A. Golding tr. P. de Mornay Trewnesse Christian Relig. i. 4 Then is there a deuider or distributer of these things. 1802 Noble Wanderers II. 88 Roused from the stupor of her affliction by this little divider of her cares. †3. One who makes philosophical distinctions (cf. divide v. 4b); one who classifies. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > philosophy > philosopher > [noun] philosopher?1316 philosophe1340 divider1588 philosophist1589 philosophizer1676 thinker1830 philosopherling1833 phantasmagorist1862 philosopher's philosopher1879 maître à penser1959 1588 A. Fraunce Lawiers Logike i. xiii. f. 57 Plato..compareth inartificial dividers to bungling cookes, who in stead of artificiall carving, use rudely to breake and dismember thinges. 1610 J. Healey tr. St. Augustine Citie of God vi. ii. 239 Who was euer a more curious inquisitor of these matters..a more elegant diuider, or a more exact recorder? 4. One who or that which disunites, separates, or parts; a causer of dissension or discord. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > dissent > [noun] > causing dissension > one who > one who causes division or disunity divider1644 1644 J. Milton Doctr. Divorce (ed. 2) 75 Hate is of all things the mightiest divider. 1724 J. Swift Let. to People of Ireland 13 Money, the great Divider of the World, hath..been the great Uniter of a most Divided people. 1870 H. Macmillan Bible Teachings xv. 295. 1871 F. T. Palgrave Lyrical Poems 56 They swear that death the divider Shall only unite them more. †5. Arithmetic. = divisor n. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > number > arithmetic or algebraic operations > [noun] > division > divisor or dividend divisorc1430 particular numbera1464 dividend1543 divident?a1560 subdivident1581 dividual1704 divider1797 1797 Monthly Mag. 130 By my method of dividers, other numbers might have been assumed for the value of y. 6. plural (a) Dividing compasses; a kind of compasses worked by means of a screw fastened to one leg and passing through the other; used for measuring or setting off very small intervals; (b) a simple pair of compasses with steel points. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > measurement > measuring instrument > [noun] > for measuring distances > compasses, dividers, or callipers compassa1387 proportional compass1570 callipers1571 calliper compass1581 triangular compasses1701 dividers1703 cannipers1707 hair-compasses1728 bow-compass1796 outside calliper1874 wing-compass1875 moff1885 odd-leg1900 1703 Moxon's Mech. Dyalling (ed. 4) in Moxon's Mech. Exercises (new ed.) 316 You may in small Quadrants divide truer and with less trouble with Steel Dividers, (which open or close with a Screw for that purpose,) then you can with Compasses. 1875 F. G. D. Bedford Sailor's Pocket Bk. (ed. 2) v. 195 Chart, scale, and dividers. 1879 Cassell's Techn. Educator (new ed.) I. 12 Compasses which have both points of steel are called ‘dividers’. 1881 Metal World No. 14. 218 A pair of 4½ in. or 5 in. plain dividers, or what are called hair dividers. 7. Farming. (See quot. 1874.) ΚΠ 1874 E. H. Knight Pract. Dict. Mech. Divider (Husbandry), the prow or wedge-formed piece on a reaping-machine, which divides the grain to be cut from the standing grain. Categories » 8. Mining. plural. Timbers or scantling put across a shaft to divide it into compartments: also called buntons. (Raymond Mining Gloss.) 9. A partition or screen; spec. a piece of furniture or the like dividing a room into two parts; cf. room divider n. at room n.¹ and int. Compounds 1b. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > furniture and fittings > screen > [noun] screen1348 scuc1440 room divider1948 divider1960 1960 House & Garden May 59 Divider (with glass shelves), £30. 1970 Harper's Bazaar Oct. 17/2 The restaurant is spacious with raffia'd dividers between the tables. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1526
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