Divide

Articles concerning Divide include:

In Geography:

  • Drainage divide or watershed, a ridge of land between two drainage basins
  • Continental divide, a water divide between the drainage of two oceans
  • Continental Divide, the North American divide between the Atlantic and Pacific oceans

Places:

  • Divide, Saskatchewan, Canada
  • Divide, Colorado, USA
  • Divide County, North Dakota, USA
  • Triple Divide Peak, in Glacier National Park, Montana, USA
  • Great Divide Basin, in Wyoming, USA
  • Divide, Lane County, Oregon
  • Divide, Wallowa County, Oregon

In science:

  • Division (mathematics)
  • Divide and conquer algorithm, in computer science
  • Divide-and-conquer eigenvalue algorithm, a concept in the linear algebra branch of mathematics

In popular culture:

  • Divide, song by American hard rock band Disturbed

In sociology:

  • Divide and rule, a strategy of gaining and maintaining power
  • Digital divide, the socio-economic difference between communities in their access to computers and the Internet
  • North-South divide, between wealthy developed countries and poorer developing countries
  • Cultural divide
  • Mercedes divide, separating those who can afford a Mercedes-Benz car from those who cannot

Famous quotes containing the word divide:

    Someone in the crowd said to him, “Teacher, tell my brother to divide the family inheritance with me.” But he said to him, “Friend, who set me to be a judge or arbitrator over you?”
    Bible: New Testament, Luke 12:13,14.

    Jesus.

    The king said, -Divide the living boy in two; then give half to the one, and half to the other. But the woman whose son was alive said to the king -because compassion for her son burned within her - -Please, my lord, give her the living boy; certainly do not kill him! The other said, -It shall be neither mine nor yours; divide it. Then the king responded: -Give the first woman the living boy; do not kill him. She is his mother.
    Bible: Hebrew, 1 Kings. 3:25-37.

    Solomon resolves a dispute between two women over a child. Solomon’s wisdom was proven by this story.

    We have to divide mother love with our brothers and sisters. Our parents can help us cope with the loss of our dream of absolute love. But they cannot make us believe that we haven’t lost it.
    Judith Viorst (20th century)