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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.
Separation.

Definition 2024


dividing

dividing

English

Adjective

dividing (not comparable)

  1. Serving to divide or separate.
    We installed a dividing wall in order to create two rooms out of one.

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Verb

dividing

  1. present participle of divide
    Dividing seven dollars among three people is difficult!

Noun

dividing (plural dividings)

  1. 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.