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Meaning of dividing

Source language: EnglishDictionary language: English

dividing

verb

Definitions

  1. To split or separate (something) into two or more parts.

    Example: a wall divides two houses; a stream divides the towns

  2. To share (something) by dividing it.

    Example: How shall we divide this pie?

  3. (with by) To calculate the number (the quotient) by which you must multiply one given number (the divisor) to produce a second given number (the dividend).

    Example: If you divide 6 by 3, you get 2.

  4. To be a divisor of.

    Example: 3 divides 6.

noun

Definitions

  1. An act of division.

adjective

Definitions

  1. Serving to divide or separate.

    Example: We installed a dividing wall in order to create two rooms out of one.