div

plural divs

1. computingA function, implemented in many programming languages, that returns the result of a division of two integers.
2. computingA section of a web page, or the div element that represents it in HTML code.
3. UKEton College; school slang; Eton College; school slangA division; a lesson.
4. UKWinchester Collegedivision; a subject with multidisciplinary scope.
5. governmentA division.

1. abbreviationAbbreviation of divide.

1. vector calculusDivergence; a kind of differential operator.

1. IrelandUKslanguncountableDivinity, as a school subject.

   Synonyms: divvers

plural divs

1. IrelandUKslangA foolish person; an idiot.

   Zoe reads a lot and isn't a div like girls as pretty as her can be.

   2017, Shappi Khorsandi, Nina Is Not OK, page 2

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   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.

   2012, Caitlin Moran, Moranthology, Ebury Press, published 2012, page 13

   To put it bluntly – without wanting to attract the ire of mental-health charities – he was a div who went schizo.

   2016, Steve Coogan, Neil Gibbons & Rob Gibbons, Alan Partridge: Nomad, page 145

plural divs

1. alternativeAlternative form of daeva.