divide vs rand

divide

noun
  • A large chasm, gorge, or ravine between two areas of land. 

  • An act of dividing. 

  • A distancing between two people or things. 

  • The topographical boundary dividing two adjacent catchment basins, such as a ridge or a crest. 

  • A thing that divides. 

verb
  • To vote, as in the British parliament and other legislatures, by the members separating themselves into two parties (as on opposite sides of the hall or in opposite lobbies), that is, the ayes dividing from the noes. 

  • To share (something) by dividing it. 

  • To separate into two or more parts. 

  • To mark divisions on; to graduate. 

  • To calculate the number (the quotient) by which you must multiply one given number (the divisor) to produce a second given number (the dividend). 

  • To play or sing in a florid style, or with variations. 

  • To disunite in opinion or interest; to make discordant or hostile; to set at variance. 

  • To be a divisor of. 

  • To split or separate (something) into two or more parts. 

  • Of a cell, to reproduce by dividing. 

rand

noun
  • A rocky slope, especially the area over a river valley; specifically, the Rand 

  • A random number. 

  • A single rod woven in and out of the stakes. 

  • A strip of leather used to fit the heels of a shoe. 

  • A border, edge or rim. 

  • The currency of South Africa, divided into 100 cents. 

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