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Webster 1913 Edition
Dividing
Di-vid′ing
,Adj.
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
.Webster 1828 Edition
Dividing
DIVIDING
,ppr.
1.
Parting; separating; distributing; disuniting; apportioning to each his share.2.
a. That indicates separation or difference; as a dividing line.DIVIDING
,Noun.
Definition 2024
dividing
dividing
English
Adjective
dividing (not comparable)
- Serving to divide or separate.
- We installed a dividing wall in order to create two rooms out of one.
Derived terms
Translations
of things that divide or separate
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Verb
dividing
- present participle of divide
- Dividing seven dollars among three people is difficult!
Noun
dividing (plural dividings)
- An act of division.
- 1840, Albert Barnes, Notes: Critical, Explanatory, and Practical on the Book of the Prophet Isaiah
- Hence the noun also means dividing, or portion as that which is divided — whether an inheritance, or whether the dividings of spoil after battle.
- 1840, Albert Barnes, Notes: Critical, Explanatory, and Practical on the Book of the Prophet Isaiah