Dividing
Pronunciation : Di*vid"ing
Part of Speech : a.
Definition : Defn: That divides; separating; marking divisions; graduating. 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. (Knitting Mach.). See under Sinker.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913