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dividers [dɪˈvaɪdəz] pl n
(Engineering / Tools) a type of compass with two pointed arms, used for measuring lines or dividing them Translations dividers [dɪˈvaɪdərz] npl dividers pl → Stechzirkel m dividers [dɪˈvaɪdəz] npl (Math) → compasso a punte fisse dividers [dɪˈvaɪdəz] npl (Math) → compasso a punte fisse How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| Now, take one of the points of these dividers and let it rest upon that place beyond which the most daring explorers have scarcely gone. In the centre of the upper table, were placed two chairs more elevated than the rest, for the master and mistress of the family, who presided over the scene of hospitality, and from doing so derived their Saxon title of honour, which signifies ``the Dividers of Bread. There were the tell- tale compass, the sea-lamps in their gimbals, the blue-backed charts carelessly rolled and tucked away, the signal-flags in alphabetical order, and a mariner's dividers jammed into the woodwork to hold a calendar. |
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