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单词 subdividing
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subdividingn.

Brit. /ˌsʌbdᵻˈvʌɪdɪŋ/, /ˈsʌbdᵻvʌɪdɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈˌsəbdəˈˌvaɪdɪŋ/
Forms: see subdivide v. and -ing suffix1.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: subdivide v., -ing suffix1.
Etymology: < subdivide v. + -ing suffix1. Compare earlier subdivision n.
The action, practice, or fact of subdividing something, or an instance of this; (a) subdivision.
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the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > separation > action of dividing or divided condition > [noun] > subdivision
subdivision?a1425
subdividing1608
1608 Bp. T. Morton Preamble Incounter 11 [He] hath giuen vs so many tokens of his rare facultie therein [sc. Logike], especially in exact diuiding and subdiuiding.
1651 R. Baxter Plain Script. Proof Infants Church-membership & Baptism 149 What dividing, and subdividing, and subdividing again!
1711 J. Greenwood Ess. Pract. Eng. Gram. 258 Section (§) or Division is us'd in the Subdividing of a Chapter into lesser Parts or Portions.
1852 H. Stephens Bk. of Farm (ed. 2) II. 509/1 The subdividing of farms was long permitted in the Irish leases, and its effects were worse even than subletting.
1897 St. Louis Med. Rev. 35 94/2 How little this partitioning and subdividing is necessary for the construction..of very highly differentiated organisms..may be learned from certain salt water algæ.
1908 Classical Philol. 3 382 The subdividing of fields of study has gone on until many specialists have entirely lost their perspective.
1914 PMLA 29 44 As the number of churches increased throughout the Christian world..a subdividing of relics became necessary.
2006 Post & Courier (Charleston, S. Carolina) (Nexis) 18 Feb. b1 Blackwell contends there was nothing improper or illegal about last year's subdividing of the 3-acre parcel.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

subdividingadj.

Brit. /ˌsʌbdᵻˈvʌɪdɪŋ/, /ˈsʌbdᵻvʌɪdɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈˌsəbdəˈˌvaɪdɪŋ/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: subdivide v., -ing suffix2.
Etymology: < subdivide v. + -ing suffix2.
That causes subdivision; that creates a subdivision or subdivisions. Also: that undergoes subdivision.
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the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > separation > action of dividing or divided condition > [adjective] > subdividing
subdividing1655
1655 Duchess of Newcastle Philos. & Physical Opinions cv. 73 It [sc. a hot-glowing fire] is of such a kinde of subdividing nature, as it strives to dissolve all united parts, or bodies.
1717 T. Lewis Scourge 2 Sept. 255 Those little Sects and Separatists, who by their own eternally subdividing Principles, will, like the Sheaf of Arrows in the Fable, be severally broken.
1771 A. Young Farmer's Tour E. Eng. I. iv. 219 The subdividing walls, with from 30s. to 40s. per acre in lime, are very heavy charges.
1809 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 99 126 A little instrument which I denominate a subdividing sector.
1895 Crown Lands Act 1884 (New South Wales Dept. Lands) 155 The Local Land Board..shall settle the subdividing line or lines.
1922 Michigan Law Rev. 20 800 The defendant..proposed with them to dispose of a portion of their property to a subdividing company.
1960 Biol. Bull. 119 269 The subdividing endoplasm within undergoes massive translocation towards one or other pole.
2005 H. Conway & R. Roenisch Understanding Archit. (ed. 2) Gloss. 257 Open plan, an interior space which is unimpeded by subdividing walls.

Derivatives

subdividingly adv. Obsolete rare by dividing something into subsidiary parts.
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the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > separation > action of dividing or divided condition > [adverb] > in or into subdivisions
subdividingly1858
1858 T. De Quincey Pagan Oracles (rev. ed.) in Select. Grave & Gay VIII. 193 What was the essential machinery by which the Oracles moved?—I shall inquire, subdividingly.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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