Definition of dividing

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Dividing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Divid.

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Rider :: Rider (n.) Rock material in a vein of ore, dividing it..
Mess :: Mess (n.) A set of four; -- from the old practice of dividing companies into sets of four at dinner.
Taproot :: Taproot (n.) The root of a plant which penetrates the earth directly downward to a considerable depth without dividing.
Punctuation :: Punctuation (n.) The act or art of punctuating or pointing a writing or discourse; the art or mode of dividing literary composition into sentences, and members of a sentence, by means of points, so as to elucidate the author's meaning..
Ditrichotomous :: Ditrichotomous (a.) Dividing into double or treble ramifications; -- said of a leaf or stem.
Septicidal :: Septicidal (a.) Dividing the partitions; -- said of a method of dehiscence in which a pod splits through the partitions and is divided into its component carpels.
Fissuration :: Fissuration (n.) The act of dividing or opening; the state of being fissured.
Osteotomy :: Osteotomy (n.) The operation of dividing a bone or of cutting a piece out of it, -- done to remedy deformity, etc..
Intersecant :: Intersecant (a.) Dividing into parts; crossing; intersecting.
Capital :: Capital (a.) An imaginary line dividing a bastion, ravelin, or other work, into two equal parts..
Brake :: Brake (n.) A fern of the genus Pteris, esp. the P. aquilina, common in almost all countries. It has solitary stems dividing into three principal branches. Less properly: Any fern..
Foliation :: Foliation (n.) The property, possessed by some crystalline rocks, of dividing into plates or slabs, which is due to the cleavage structure of one of the constituents, as mica or hornblende. It may sometimes include slaty structure or cleavage, though the latter is usually independent of any mineral constituent, and transverse to the bedding, it having been produced by pressure..
Strobile :: Strobilation (n.) The act or phenomenon of spontaneously dividing transversely, as do certain species of annelids and helminths; transverse fission. See Illust. under Syllidian..
Tripartient :: Tripartient (a.) Dividing into three parts; -- said of a number which exactly divides another into three parts.
Proportionment :: Proportionment (n.) The act or process of dividing out proportionally.
Cleavage :: Cleavage (n.) The quality possessed by many crystallized substances of splitting readily in one or more definite directions, in which the cohesive attraction is a minimum, affording more or less smooth surfaces; the direction of the dividing plane; a fragment obtained by cleaving, as of a diamond. See Parting..
Parting :: Parting (n.) The act of parting or dividing; the state of being parted; division; separation.
Whipsaw :: Whipsaw (n.) A saw for dividing timber lengthwise, usually set in a frame, and worked by two persons; also, a fret saw..
Parting :: Parting (v.) Serving to part; dividing; separating.
Partition :: Partition (v.) The act of parting or dividing; the state of being parted; separation; division; distribution; as, the partition of a kingdom..
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