divide vs mesh

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. 

mesh

noun
  • A polygon mesh. 

  • In mesh analysis: a loop in a electric circuit (to which Kirchhoff's voltage law can be applied). 

  • The opening or space enclosed by the threads of a net between knot and knot, or the threads enclosing such a space. 

  • A measure of fineness (particle size) of ground material. A powder that passes through a sieve having 300 openings per linear inch but does not pass 400 openings per linear inch is said to be -300 +400 mesh. 

  • The engagement of the teeth of wheels, or of a wheel and rack. 

  • A structure made of connected strands of metal, fiber, or other flexible/ductile material, with evenly spaced openings between them. 

verb
  • To catch in a mesh. 

  • To fit in; to come together harmoniously. 

  • To connect together by interlocking, as gears do. 

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