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11divide — v. & n. v. 1 tr. & intr. (often foll. by in, into) separate or be separated into parts; break up; split (the river divides into two; the road divides; divided them into three groups). 2 tr. & intr. (often foll. by out) distribute; deal; share… …
12divide among several persons — apportion or divide between a few people …
13Divide-and-conquer eigenvalue algorithm — Divide and conquer eigenvalue algorithms are a class of eigenvalue algorithms for Hermitian or real symmetric matrices that have recently (circa 1990s) become competitive in terms of stability and efficiency with more traditional algorithms such… …
14divide — ► VERB 1) separate into parts. 2) distribute or share out. 3) disagree or cause to disagree. 4) form a boundary between. 5) Mathematics find how many times (a number) contains another. 6) Mathematics (of a number) be susceptible of division… …
15divide your time between — phrase to do one thing or be in one place for some of the time, and to do another thing or be in another place for the rest of the time She divides her time between teaching and research. Thesaurus: to organize your own affairssynonym Main entry …
16divide and rule — phrase to keep control over people who might oppose you, by encouraging disagreement or fighting among them The empire was maintained through a strategy of divide and rule. Thesaurus: to cause problems between peoplesynonym Main entry: divide * * …
17Divide and Rule: The Partition of Africa, 1880-1914 — (Dutch: Verdeel en heers. De deling van Afrika, 1880 1914), is a history book by Dutch historian Henk Wesseling, published by Bert Bakker 1991. As the title suggests, the books deals with the European partition and colonisation of Africa. In the… …
18divide and conquer — (or rule) the policy of maintaining control over one s subordinates or subjects by encouraging dissent between them * * * divide and conquer (or divide and rule) : to make a group of people disagree and fight with one another so that they will… …
19Divide Creek — is a short creek near Kicking Horse Pass on the British Columbia/Alberta border (also the border between Yoho National Park and Banff National Park). After following the Continental Divide of the Americas for a short distance, the creek forks,… …
20divide — [v1] separate, disconnect abscind, bisect, branch, break, break down, carve, chop, cleave, cross, cut, cut up, demarcate, detach, dichotomize, disengage, disentangle, disjoin, dislocate, dismember, dissect, dissever, dissociate, dissolve,… …
