subdivide
/sʌbdɪˈvʌɪd
/verb [with object]
Divide (something that has already been divided or that is a separate unit): the heading was subdivided into eight separate sections...
- The northern and southern parts are subdivided into units separated by tectonic contacts or superimposed late grabens.
- To make a small space look bigger, the Chinese divide and subdivide space, and the Japanese borrow distant views.
- Each broad period is further subdivided into smaller units.
Origin
Late Middle English: from Latin subdividere (see sub-, divide).
Rhymes
- reversible
- reversible error
- reversible falls
- reversible-pitch
- reversibly
- reversify
- reversing falls
- reversing gear
- reversing lamp
- reversing layer
- reversing lever
- reversing light
- reversingly
- reversing propeller
- reversing thermometer
- reversion
- reversional
- reversionary
- reversionary bonus
- reversion clause
- reversion disease
- reversion duty
- reversioner
- reversion spectroscope
- reversis