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divider

 noun
     
di‧vid‧er [countable]
1 something that divides something else into parts:
a room divider
alphabetical file dividers
2 American English a piece of land that separates traffic travelling in opposite directions on a main road [= reservation British English]
Police saw his Mercedes speeding along the center divider.
divider
3

dividers

[plural]HMTM an instrument used for measuring or marking lines or angles, consisting of two pointed pieces of metal joined together at the top
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