divider

divider

English

Etymology

PIE word
*dwóh₁

divide +‎ -er

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /dɪˈvaɪdə(ɹ)/

Noun

divider (plural dividers)

1. One who or that which divides or separates.
   • 1891, George MacDonald, A Rough Shaking (page 33)

     I was greatly his inferior, but love is a quick divider of shares: he that gathers much has nothing over, and he that gathers little has no lack.

   1. A physical object for dividing up a space.
      • 1980, Robert M. Jones, editor, Walls and Ceilings, Time-Life Books, →ISBN, page 58:

        It is perfectly possible to separate one area of a room from another, or even to create an entirely new room, with a lightweight room divider that assembles with a minimum of fuss.

   2. A piece of card placed in a ring binder to separate groups of documents.
   3. An electronic device for separating a signal, frequency, etc., into two or more parts.
2. A device resembling a drawing compass and used to transfer measurements of length.
3. The median (US) or central reservation (UK) of a highway or other road where traffic in opposite directions are kept separated.

Derived terms

• checkout divider
• hair divider
• inductive voltage divider
• room divider
• voltage divider
• word divider

 

Translations

object that separates

Bulgarian: разделител m (razdelitel), сепаратор m (separator) French: séparateur (fr) m, intercalaire (fr) m (separator used to divide sheets of paper) German: Trennwand (de) f, Teiler (de) m Italian: divisore (it) m Malay: pembahagi Plautdietsch: Schetzel n Polish: przekładka f Romanian: ro n Spanish: separador m Turkish: pergel (tr)

person who separates

Italian: divisore (it) Malay: pembahagi

median of a highway

French: terre-plein (fr) m Italian: spartitraffico (it) Malay: pembahagi

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Norwegian Bokmål

Verb

divider

1. imperative of dividere