The Collaborative International Dictionary
Dividing engine
Dividing \Di*vid"ing\, a. That divides; separating; marking divisions; graduating.
Dividing engine, a machine for graduating circles (as for astronomical instruments) or bars (as for scales); also, for spacing off and cutting teeth in wheels.
Dividing sinker. (Knitting Mach.). See under Sinker.
Wikipedia
Dividing engine
A dividing engine is a device employed to mark graduations on measuring instruments.
Usage examples of "dividing engine".
Clement, therefore represented a complete union of the turning-lathe with the planing machine and dividing engine, by which turning of the most complicated kind might readily be executed.