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<HTML> <HEAD><TITLE>DICTIONARY: diving board - divulsive</TITLE></HEAD> <BODY BGCOLOR="#ffffff"> <A HREF="a.dic">A</A> <A HREF="b.dic">B</A> <A HREF="c.dic">C</A> <A HREF="d.dic">D</A> <A HREF="e.dic">E</A> <A HREF="f.dic">F</A> <A HREF="g.dic">G</A> <A HREF="h.dic">H</A> <A HREF="i.dic">I</A> <A HREF="j.dic">J</A> <A HREF="k.dic">K</A> <A HREF="l.dic">L</A> <A HREF="m.dic">M</A> <A HREF="n.dic">N</A> <A HREF="o.dic">O</A> <A HREF="p.dic">P</A> <A HREF="q.dic">Q</A> <A HREF="r.dic">R</A> <A HREF="s.dic">S</A> <A HREF="t.dic">T</A> <A HREF="u.dic">U</A> <A HREF="v.dic">V</A> <A HREF="w.dic">W</A> <A HREF="x.dic">X</A> <A HREF="y.dic">Y</A> <A HREF="z.dic">Z</A> <A NAME="divingboard"> diving board,<DL COMPACT><DD> a board projecting some distance over the water, from which a swimmer dives. Ex. For a brief instant, a state of near zero gravity may be experienced when springing from a diving board (Newsweek). </DL> <A NAME="divingduck"> diving duck,<DL COMPACT><DD> any one of a group of ducks, including scoters and scaup ducks, which dive for their food. Ex. Diving ducks live both in the sea and in inland waters. Most of them breed in grassy sloughs and lakes (Joseph J. Hickey). </DL> <A NAME="divingpetrel"> diving petrel,<DL COMPACT><DD> a variety of petrel that lives only in the Southern Hemisphere. </DL> <A NAME="divingreflex"> diving reflex,<DL COMPACT><DD> a bodily reflex of mammals that takes place when the head is submersed in cold water slowing the heartbeat and diverting blood to the brain, heart, and lungs, to delay suffocation. Ex. The diving reflex ... is especially strong in younger persons (Science News). </DL> <A NAME="divingsaucer"> diving saucer,<DL COMPACT><DD> a type of deep-diving submarine for oceanographic study that has weights attached on the outside to make it sink. </DL> <A NAME="divingsuit"> diving suit,<DL COMPACT><DD> a waterproof suit with a helmet into which air can be pumped through a tube. Diving suits are worn by persons working under water. </DL> <A NAME="diviningrod"> divining rod, stick, or wand,<DL COMPACT><DD> a forked stick believed by some to be useful in locating water, oil, metal, and other things underground by dipping downward when held over a deposit of the substance sought. </DL> <A NAME="divinity"> divinity, noun, pl. -ties.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. a divine being; a god or goddess. <DD> 2. divine nature or quality. Ex. ... such divinity doth hedge a king (Shakespeare). <DD> 3. the study of God, religion, and divine things; theology. <DD> 4. a creamy, white fudge candy. expr. the Divinity, God. Ex. 'Tis the Divinity that stirs within us (Joseph Addison). </DL> <A NAME="divinitycircuit"> divinity circuit,<DL COMPACT><DD> a flexible leather book-binding with projecting flaps which enclose the edges of the book, used for binding Bibles and other books of special edition. </DL> <A NAME="divinityschool"> divinity school,<DL COMPACT><DD> a school or college of theology. </DL> <A NAME="divinization"> divinization, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the act of making divine; deification. </DL> <A NAME="divinize"> divinize, transitive verb, -nized, -nizing.<DL COMPACT><DD> to make divine; deify. </DL> <A NAME="divisi"> divisi, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Music.) separate (used as a direction for instruments playing from a single staff of music to separate, one playing the upper and the other the lower notes). </DL> <A NAME="divisibility"> divisibility, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the quality of being divisible. </DL> <A NAME="divisible"> divisible, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. that can be divided. (SYN) separable. <DD> 2. that can be divided without leaving a remainder. Ex. 12 is divisible by 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, and 12. </DL> <A NAME="divisibleness"> divisibleness, noun. =divisibility.</DL> <A NAME="divisibly"> divisibly, adverb.<DL COMPACT><DD> in a divisible manner. </DL> <A NAME="division"> division, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. the act or process of dividing or state of being divided. Ex. the division of time into hours, days, and weeks. (SYN) partition, severance. <DD> 2. the act of giving some to each; a sharing. Ex. A fair division of the work among the children got the chores done quickly. Making large numbers of automobiles is possible only by a division of labor, in which each worker has a certain part of the work to do. (SYN) allotment, distribution, apportionment. <DD> 3. the process of dividing one number by another. Ex. 26 / 2 = 13 is a simple division. <DD> 4. a thing that divides. A boundary or a partition is a division. <DD> 5. one of the parts into which a thing is divided; group; section; department. Ex. the research division of a drug company, the engineering division of a university. The cat family is a division of the carnivorous animals. <DD> 6. (Botany.) a major group in the plant kingdom. The plants in a division are thought to be related by descent from a common ancestral group. <DD> 7a. a military unit made up of several brigades or regiments plus supporting troops, usually commanded by a major general. It is smaller than a corps. <DD> b. a tactical subdivision of a fleet or squadron, consisting of two or more ships or aircraft of the same type. Ex. How long will Canada keep an air division ... in Europe? (Maclean's). <DD> 8. one of the parts into which a country, county, or other territory is divided for political, administrative, judicial, or military purposes. Ex. a court in the seventh division. <DD> 9. a difference of opinion, thought, or feeling; disagreement. Ex. There was a division in school over whether to substitute soccer for football. There still are divisions among the American people (Newsweek). (SYN) dissension, disunion. <DD> 10a. the separation of a legislative body into two groups for voting. <DD> b. the vote registered by such a separation. (Abbr:) div. </DL> <A NAME="divisional"> divisional, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> of or having to do with a division; divisionary. Ex. divisional management. </DL> <A NAME="divisionalization"> divisionalization, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the act or process of separating into divisions; decentralization. </DL> <A NAME="divisionalize"> divisionalize, transitive verb, intransitive verb, -ized, -izing.<DL COMPACT><DD> to separate into divisions; make divisions of; decentralize. Ex. to divisionalize labor. </DL> <A NAME="divisionary"> divisionary, adjective. =divisional.</DL> <A NAME="divisionbell"> division bell,<DL COMPACT><DD> a bell in the British House of Commons, used to summon members to vote when there is a parliamentary division over a motion. </DL> <A NAME="divisionism"> divisionism, noun. =pointillism.</DL> <A NAME="divisionist"> divisionist, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a painter who practices divisionism. </DL> <A NAME="divisionmark"> division mark, =division sign.</DL> <A NAME="divisionoflabor"> division of labor,<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. the distribution of separate small parts of a process among many workers, for example on an assembly line, in order to facilitate mass production. <DD> 2. the condition under which the work of a society is divided among various trades and professions such as those of a priest, soldier, and shoemaker. </DL> <A NAME="divisionsign"> division sign,<DL COMPACT><DD> the symbol / placed between two numbers to indicate that the first is to be divided by the second. </DL> <A NAME="divisive"> divisive, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> tending to cause division or disagreement. Ex. divisive trade restrictions. adv. divisively. noun divisiveness. </DL> <A NAME="divisor"> divisor, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. a number or quantity by which another is to be divided. Ex. In 728 / 16, 16 is the divisor. <DD> 2. a number or quantity that divides another without a remainder. </DL> <A NAME="divorce"> divorce, noun, verb, -vorced, -vorcing.<DL COMPACT><DD>noun 1. the legal ending of a marriage. <DD> 2. (Figurative.) a separation. Ex. In this country there is a complete divorce of government and religion. <DD>v.t. 1. to end legally a marriage between. Ex. The judge divorced Mr. and Mrs. Jones. <DD> 2. to separate from by means of a divorce. Ex. She divorced her husband. <DD> 3. (Figurative.) to separate. Ex. In sports, exercise and play are not divorced. <DD>v.i. to separate by means of a divorce. Ex. There are, of course, those who divorce, but I suspect that the high rate of divorce in America comes from the tremendous expectation placed on marriage (Time). </DL> <A NAME="divorceable"> divorceable, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> that can be divorced. </DL> <A NAME="divorcee"> divorcee, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a divorced person. </DL> <A NAME="divorcement"> divorcement, noun. =divorce.</DL> <A NAME="divorcemill"> divorce mill,<DL COMPACT><DD> (Informal.) a court, city, or state in which divorces are granted on minimal legal grounds and requirements. </DL> <A NAME="divorcer"> divorcer, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a person or thing that brings about a divorce or separation. </DL> <A NAME="divot"> divot, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. a small piece of turf or earth dug up by a golf club in making too low a stroke. <DD> 2. (Scottish.) a slice of earth with grass on it; turf; sod. <DD> 3. (U.S. Slang.) a toupee. </DL> <A NAME="divulgate"> divulgate, transitive verb, -gated, -gating.<DL COMPACT><DD> to make known publicly; divulge. </DL> <A NAME="divulgater"> divulgater, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a person or thing that divulgates. </DL> <A NAME="divulgation"> divulgation, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. the act of divulging. <DD> 2. the state of being divulged. </DL> <A NAME="divulgator"> divulgator, noun. =divulgater.</DL> <A NAME="divulgatory"> divulgatory, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> making known publicly; divulging. </DL> <A NAME="divulge"> divulge, transitive verb, -vulged, -vulging.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. to make known; make public; tell; reveal. Ex. The traitor divulged secret plans to the enemy. I divulged the news of our misfortune (Oliver Goldsmith). (SYN) impart, communicate, disclose. <DD> 2. (Obsolete.) to publish. </DL> <A NAME="divulgement"> divulgement, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the act of divulging. </DL> <A NAME="divulgence"> divulgence, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the act of divulging. </DL> <A NAME="divulger"> divulger, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a person or thing that divulges. </DL> <A NAME="divulsion"> divulsion, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the act of tearing or pulling apart or in pieces. </DL> <A NAME="divulsive"> divulsive, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> tending to tear or pull apart or in pieces. </DL> <A HREF="divvers.dic">NEXT</A>