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Subdivide

To divide the parts of (anything) into more parts; to part into smaller divisions; to divide again, as what has already been divided.

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Dissever 76% connected

To part in two; to sever thoroughly; to sunder; to disunite; to separate; to disperse.

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Divide 76% connected

To part asunder (a whole); to sever into two or more parts or pieces; to sunder; to separate into parts.

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Part 76% connected

One of the portions, equal or unequal, into which anything is divided, or regarded as divided; something less than a whole; a number, quantity, mass,…

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Separate 76% connected

To disunite; to divide; to disconnect; to sever; to part in any manner.

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Split 76% connected

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Subdivision 74% connected

The act of subdividing, or separating a part into smaller parts.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Subdivision 74% connected

The act of subdividing, or separating a part into smaller parts.

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Apportion verb · 78% connection

To divide and assign in just proportion; to divide and distribute proportionally; to portion out; to allot; as, to apportion undivided…

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Department verb · 78% connection

Subdivision of business or official duty; especially, one of the principal divisions of executive government; as, the treasury departm…

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Dichotomize verb · 78% connection

To cut into two parts; to part into two divisions; to divide into pairs; to bisect.

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Divisibility noun · 78% connection

the quality of being divisible; the capacity to be divided into parts or divided among a number of persons

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Domino noun · 78% connection

A game played by two or more persons, with twenty-eight pieces of wood, bone, or ivory, of a flat, oblong shape, plain at the back, bu…

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Eighteenth noun · 78% connection

The quotient of a unit divided by eighteen; one of eighteen equal parts or divisions.

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Fifteenth noun · 78% connection

One of fifteen equal parts or divisions; the quotient of a unit divided by fifteen.

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Fortieth noun · 78% connection

One of forty equal parts into which one whole is divided; the quotient of a unit divided by forty; one next in order after the thirty-…

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Fourteenth noun · 78% connection

One of fourteen equal parts into which one whole may be divided; the quotient of a unit divided by fourteen; one next after the thirte…

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Fourth noun · 78% connection

One of four equal parts into which one whole may be divided; the quotient of a unit divided by four; one coming next in order after th…

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Half noun · 78% connection

one of two divisions into which some games or performances are divided: the two divisions are separated by an interval

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Head noun · 78% connection

The uppermost, foremost, or most important part of an inanimate object; such a part as may be considered to resemble the head of an an…

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Hundredth noun · 78% connection

One of a hundred equal parts into which one whole is, or may be, divided; the quotient of a unit divided by a hundred.

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Inch noun · 78% connection

A measure of length, the twelfth part of a foot, commonly subdivided into halves, quarters, eights, sixteenths, etc., as among mechani…

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Lute noun · 78% connection

A stringed instrument formerly much in use. It consists of four parts, namely, the table or front, the body, having nine or ten ribs o…

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Minor adjective · 78% connection

Inferior in bulk, degree, importance, etc.; less; smaller; of little account; as, minor divisions of a body.

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Module noun · 78% connection

The size of some one part, as the diameter of semi-diameter of the base of a shaft, taken as a unit of measure by which the proportion…

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Palewise adverb · 78% connection

In the manner of a pale or pales; by perpendicular lines or divisions; as, to divide an escutcheon palewise.

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