divider

n. 1. One who, or that which, divides; that which separates anything into parts. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. One who deals out to each his share. [ 1913 Webster ]

Who made me a judge or a divider over you? Luke xii. 14. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. One who, or that which, causes division. [ 1913 Webster ]

Hate is of all things the mightiest divider. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

Money, the great divider of the world. Swift. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. pl. An instrument for dividing lines, describing circles, etc., compasses. See Compasses. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ 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. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. a vertical structure that divides or separates (as a wall divides one room from another). 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. [ WordNet 1.5 PJC ]