div

See also div., Div., and div-

Translingual

Alternative forms

• (roman numeral): DIV, CCCCCIIII, ccccciiii

Number

div

1. A Roman numeral representing five hundred and four (504).

See also

• Previous: diii (five hundred and three, 503)
• Next: dv (five hundred and five, 505)

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English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɪv

Noun

div (plural divs)

1. (mathematics, computing) a function, implemented in many programming languages, that returns the result of a division of two integers
2. (vector calculus) short for divergence; a kind of differential operator
3. (slang) A foolish person; an idiot.
   • 2012, Caitlin Moran, Moranthology, Ebury Press 2012, p. 13:

     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.

4. (web design) A section of a web page, or the div HTML element which represents it in computer code.
5. (UK) divinity, mainly used by schoolchildren.

Derived terms

• (web design): divitis (jargon)

Translations

a function

an operator

• Swedish: div (sv)

Anagrams

• DVI, D.V.I.
• vid, vid.

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Breton

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈdiw/

Numeral

div f (masculine form daou)

1. (cardinal) two

See also

• (cardinal number): Previous: unan. Next: teir

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Czech

Pronunciation

• audio

  (file)

Noun

div m

1. wonder

Related terms

• divit se
• divný m
• udivit
• údiv m
• obdiv m
• podivit
• podivín m

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Scots

Verb

tae div

1. (auxiliary) Form of tae dae used in the east of Scotland as an auxiliary. Nowadays most often found in Aberdeenshire, Angus, Moray, East Lothian and the Scottish Borders.

   A div agree wi ye.

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Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish دیو (div), from Persian دیو (div).

Pronunciation

• IPA: /dîʋ/

Noun

dȉv m (Cyrillic spelling ди̏в)

1. giant

Declension

    declension of div

	singular	plural
nominative	dȉv	dìvovi
genitive	diva	divova
dative	divu	divovima
accusative	diva	divove
vocative	dive	divovi
locative	divu	divovima
instrumental	divom	divovima

Derived terms

• dìvovskī

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Swedish

Abbreviation

div

1. div; the divergence operator