Div

Quick meaning: Div is a noun meaning (mathematics, computing) A function, implemented in many programming languages, that returns the result of a division of two integers.

Meaning

(mathematics, computing) A function, implemented in many programming languages, that returns the result of a division of two integers.

More Meanings

1. (web design) A section of a web page, or the div element that represents it in HTML code.
2. (UK, Eton College, school slang) A division; a lesson.
3. (UK, Winchester College) division; a subject with multidisciplinary scope.
4. (military) A division.
5. Abbreviation of divide.
6. (vector calculus) Divergence; a kind of differential operator.
7. (UK, Ireland, uncountable, slang) Divinity, as a school subject.

Example Sentences

Zoe reads a lot and isn't a div like girls as pretty as her can be.

To put it bluntly – without wanting to attract the ire of mental-health charities – he was a div who went schizo.

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.

Word Forms

• divs

Synonyms for div

Depending on context, synonyms include divvers.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include int, division, misc, wonder, okay, cur.

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