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divider
(encz) | divider,dělič n: Zdeněk Brož |
Divider
(gcide) | Divider \Di*vid"er\, n.
1. One who, or that which, divides; that which separates
anything into parts.
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2. One who deals out to each his share.
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Who made me a judge or a divider over you? --Luke
xii. 14.
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3. One who, or that which, causes division.
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Hate is of all things the mightiest divider.
--Milton.
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Money, the great divider of the world. --Swift.
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4. pl. An instrument for dividing lines, describing circles,
etc., compasses. See Compasses.
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Note: The word dividers is usually applied to the instrument
as made for the use of draughtsmen, etc.; compasses to
the coarser instrument used by carpenters.
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5. a vertical structure that divides or separates (as a wall
divides one room from another).
Note: The structure may be a wall with an opening in it to
allow seeing one part of the room from the other. This
term is also used to designate a semitransparent
curtain formed by hanging multiple strings of various
materials from a ceiling, intended to visually
partition a room without inhibiting passage between the
partitions
Syn: partition, room divider.
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divider
(wn) | divider
n 1: a taxonomist who classifies organisms into many groups on
the basis of relatively minor characteristics [syn:
splitter, divider] [ant: lumper]
2: a person who separates something into parts or groups
3: a vertical structure that divides or separates (as a wall
divides one room from another) [syn: partition, divider]
4: a drafting instrument resembling a compass that is used for
dividing lines into equal segments or for transferring
measurements |
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divider
(encz) | divider,dělič n: Zdeněk Brož |
dividers
(encz) | dividers,oddělovače Zdeněk Broždividers,odpichovací kružítko Zdeněk Brož |
potential divider
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subdivider
(encz) | subdivider, n: |
voltage divider
(encz) | voltage divider, n: |
Hair divider
(gcide) | Hair \Hair\ (h[^a]r), n. [OE. her, heer, h[ae]r, AS. h[=ae]r;
akin to OFries. h[=e]r, D. & G. haar, OHG. & Icel. h[=a]r,
Dan. haar, Sw. h[*a]r; cf. Lith. kasa.]
1. The collection or mass of filaments growing from the skin
of an animal, and forming a covering for a part of the
head or for any part or the whole of the body.
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2. One the above-mentioned filaments, consisting, in
vertebrate animals, of a long, tubular part which is free
and flexible, and a bulbous root imbedded in the skin.
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Then read he me how Sampson lost his hairs.
--Chaucer.
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And draweth new delights with hoary hairs.
--Spenser.
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3. Hair (human or animal) used for various purposes; as, hair
for stuffing cushions.
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4. (Zool.) A slender outgrowth from the chitinous cuticle of
insects, spiders, crustaceans, and other invertebrates.
Such hairs are totally unlike those of vertebrates in
structure, composition, and mode of growth.
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5. (Bot.) An outgrowth of the epidermis, consisting of one or
of several cells, whether pointed, hooked, knobbed, or
stellated. Internal hairs occur in the flower stalk of the
yellow frog lily (Nuphar).
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6. A spring device used in a hair-trigger firearm.
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7. A haircloth. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
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8. Any very small distance, or degree; a hairbreadth.
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Note: Hairs is often used adjectively or in combination; as,
hairbrush or hair brush, hair dye, hair oil, hairpin,
hair powder, a brush, a dye, etc., for the hair.
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Against the hair, in a rough and disagreeable manner;
against the grain. [Obs.] "You go against the hair of your
professions." --Shak.
Hair bracket (Ship Carp.), a molding which comes in at the
back of, or runs aft from, the figurehead.
Hair cells (Anat.), cells with hairlike processes in the
sensory epithelium of certain parts of the internal ear.
Hair compass, Hair divider, a compass or divider capable
of delicate adjustment by means of a screw.
Hair glove, a glove of horsehair for rubbing the skin.
Hair lace, a netted fillet for tying up the hair of the
head. --Swift.
Hair line, a line made of hair; a very slender line.
Hair moth (Zool.), any moth which destroys goods made of
hair, esp. Tinea biselliella.
Hair pencil, a brush or pencil made of fine hair, for
painting; -- generally called by the name of the hair
used; as, a camel's hair pencil, a sable's hair pencil,
etc.
Hair plate, an iron plate forming the back of the hearth of
a bloomery fire.
Hair powder, a white perfumed powder, as of flour or
starch, formerly much used for sprinkling on the hair of
the head, or on wigs.
Hair seal (Zool.), any one of several species of eared
seals which do not produce fur; a sea lion.
Hair seating, haircloth for seats of chairs, etc.
Hair shirt, a shirt, or a band for the loins, made of
horsehair, and worn as a penance.
Hair sieve, a strainer with a haircloth bottom.
Hair snake. See Gordius.
Hair space (Printing), the thinnest metal space used in
lines of type.
Hair stroke, a delicate stroke in writing.
Hair trigger, a trigger so constructed as to discharge a
firearm by a very slight pressure, as by the touch of a
hair. --Farrow.
Not worth a hair, of no value.
To a hair, with the nicest distinction.
To split hairs, to make distinctions of useless nicety.
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scales compasses dividers
(gcide) | Proportional \Pro*por"tion*al\, a. [L. proportionalis: cf. F.
proportionnel.]
1. Having a due proportion, or comparative relation; being in
suitable proportion or degree; as, the parts of an edifice
are proportional. --Milton.
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2. Relating to, or securing, proportion. --Hutton.
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3. (Math.) Constituting a proportion; having the same, or a
constant, ratio; as, proportional quantities; momentum is
proportional to quantity of matter.
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Proportional logarithms, logistic logarithms. See under
Logistic.
Proportional scale, a scale on which are marked parts
proportional to the logarithms of the natural numbers; a
logarithmic scale.
Proportional scales, compasses, dividers, etc.
(Draughting), instruments used in making copies of
drawings, or drawings of objects, on an enlarged or
reduced scale.
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divider
(wn) | divider
n 1: a taxonomist who classifies organisms into many groups on
the basis of relatively minor characteristics [syn:
splitter, divider] [ant: lumper]
2: a person who separates something into parts or groups
3: a vertical structure that divides or separates (as a wall
divides one room from another) [syn: partition, divider]
4: a drafting instrument resembling a compass that is used for
dividing lines into equal segments or for transferring
measurements |
potential divider
(wn) | potential divider
n 1: resistors connected in series across a voltage source; used
to obtain a desired fraction of the voltage [syn:
potential divider, voltage divider] |
subdivider
(wn) | subdivider
n 1: someone who divides parts into smaller parts (especially a
divider of land into building sites) |
voltage divider
(wn) | voltage divider
n 1: resistors connected in series across a voltage source; used
to obtain a desired fraction of the voltage [syn:
potential divider, voltage divider] |
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