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dividing engine

dividing engine noun: an instrument for graduating the scales of scientific apparatus.

Noun

dividing engine (plural dividing engines)

  1. (historical) An instrument for graduating the scales of scientific apparatus.

Forms of dividing engine

pluraldividing engines

Questions about dividing engine

What does dividing engine mean?
Dividing engine means an instrument for graduating the scales of scientific apparatus.
What part of speech is dividing engine?
Dividing engine is a noun.
What is the plural of dividing engine?
The plural of dividing engine is dividing engines.

Words near dividing engine in the dictionary

  1. divides up
  2. dividest
  3. divideth
  4. dividing
  5. dividing and conquering
  6. dividing engine
  7. dividing engines
  8. dividing line
  9. dividing lines
  10. dividing up
  11. dividingly

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