Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Dividing

Dividing , adjective

That divides; separating; marking divisions; graduating.
Collocations (2)
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 Machinery) , See under Sinker.