div

Meaning

Noun

• A function, implemented in many programming languages, that returns the result of a division of two integers.
• A section of a web page, or the div element that represents it in HTML code.
• A division; a lesson.
• division; a subject with multidisciplinary scope.
• A division.
• Divergence; a kind of differential operator.
• Divinity, as a school subject.
• A foolish person; an idiot.
• Alternative of daeva

Related

Similar words

• divvers

Origin

• UK, 1980s. .
• From , from Old Persian 𐎭𐎡𐎺, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *daywás ("god, supernatural being"), from Proto-Indo-European *deywós ("god"). daeva, and deva, and (via PIE) related to Tiw, Zeus, and deus. Compare the root *div- in divine and diva as well as *dei- in deity, deism etc.