dividers

noun

1. a person or thing that divides.
2. dividers, a pair of compasses, as used for dividing lines, measuring, etc.
3. a partition between two areas or dividing one area into two, as a piece of cardboard in a box or a bookcase jutting out from a wall.
4. room divider.
5. Mining. bunton.

pl n

1. a type of compass with two pointed arms, used for measuring lines or dividing them

noun

1. Also called: room divider a screen or piece of furniture placed so as to divide a room into separate areas
2. a person or thing that divides
3. electronics an electrical circuit with an output that is a well-defined fraction of the given inputa voltage divider