dividing
noun
- act of splitting, causing separation
- The act of dividing a number or quantity to the operation of finding how many times it contains another number or quantity.
Wiktionary
adj
- Serving to divide or separate.
“We installed a dividing wall in order to create two rooms out of one.”
noun
- An act of division.
“Hence the noun also means dividing, or portion as that which is divided — whether an inheritance, or whether the dividings of spoil after battle.”
verb
- present participle and gerund of divide
“Dividing seven dollars among three people is difficult!”