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div¹
- /ˈdɪv/
Rhymes with -ɪv
Where it comes from
Clipping of division.
noun divs
- A function, implemented in many programming languages, that returns the result of a division of two integers.
- A section of a web page, or the div element that represents it in HTML code.
- A division; a lesson.
- division; a subject with multidisciplinary scope.
- A division.
verb
- Abbreviation of divide
div²
- /ˈdɪv/
Rhymes with -ɪv
Where it comes from
Clipping of divergence.
noun
- Divergence; a kind of differential operator.
div³
- /ˈdɪv/
Rhymes with -ɪv
Where it comes from
Clipping of divinity.
noun
-
Divinity, as a school subject.
Similar: divvers
div⁴
- /ˈdɪv/
Rhymes with -ɪv
Where it comes from
UK, 1980s. Clipping of divvy (“a foolish person”).
noun divs
- A foolish person; an idiot. Too many commentators are quick to accuse their enemies of being evil. It's far, far more effective to point out that they're acting like divs instead.
div⁵
- /ˈdɪv/
Rhymes with -ɪv
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Iranian Persian دیوْ (div). Doublet of daeva and deva, and (via PIE) related to Tiw, Zeus, and deus. Compare the root *div- in divine and diva as well as *dei- in deity, deism etc.
noun divs
- Alternative form of daeva
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: diving event, int, division, mis, misc, wonder, okay, ont, cur, curr, dave, moron, imbecile, dunce, dolt, idiot
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