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Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Dividing

/dĭv-īd'-ĭng/ · Di·vid·ing · IPA /dɪvˈaɪdɪŋ/
01 a. That divides; separating; marking divisions; graduating.
  1. 1.
    That divides; separating; marking divisions; graduating.
Phrases & compounds
Dividing engine — a machine for graduating circles (as for astronomical instruments) or bars (as for scales); also, for spacing off and cutting teeth in wheels.
Dividing sinker — See under Sinker.