Used in a Sentence

dividing

Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for dividing.

Editorial note

It might be pretty safe if you're only ever adding, multiplying or dividing with other unsigned numbers.

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Definitions2
Parts of speech2

Quick take

An act of division.

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of dividing gathered in one view.

noun

An act of division.

adjective

Serving to divide or separate.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for dividing.

Example sentences

1

It might be pretty safe if you're only ever adding, multiplying or dividing with other unsigned numbers.

2

Marrow is basically the formation of your blood cells and those are some of the fastest dividing in the body.

3

It's too late to remove the dividing lines on earth Too late implies it was possible before but isn't now.

4

The second largest n one could choose is half the population by dividing into two groups.

5

The two main obstacles with parallelization are 1) dividing a problem into a large number of sufficiently parallel tasks, and 2) communication costs.

6

For example if you're dividing a number you no longer need to convert one variable to be float in order to get a decimal.

7

Their gaffes in conduct[1] and content[2] policies are already dividing the community.

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It's too late to remove the dividing lines on earth, but we still have a shot at idealism in space.

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Just look at Belgium, or Spain/Catalonia, France/Corsica, it is still dividing people.

10

If some members are contributing much more (in terms of effort, time, cash) then dividing by 6 equally will also mess with morale and effort.

11

Parking lots and 3-lane roads dividing city into small non-walkable parts.

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[edit] Just dividing the power-train rating of 515kW by 1300A yields a bit under 400V which sounds reasonable.

Quote examples

1

Those who claim "if you are not part of the solution, you are part of the problem," are fallaciously dividing the field into just two factions.

2

"Central" America is part of North America; the dividing line is between Panama and Colombia.

3

Stallman [1]: "We have a paradoxical situation where one particular area of business [...] uses a particular business practice that's based on subjugating the public, based on dividing and conquering.

Proper noun examples

1

Dividing the water by 2 would give 49.5 water vs 1 potato matter, for a total of 50.5.

2

Dividing unequally!= Unequal Distribution.

3

Dividing based on those rules may both reduce the problem to something requiring less engineering time and simiplify possible marketing-related factors (e.g.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use dividing in a sentence?

It might be pretty safe if you're only ever adding, multiplying or dividing with other unsigned numbers.

What does dividing mean?

An act of division.

What part of speech is dividing?

dividing is commonly used as noun, adjective.