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Splitter

Splitter \Split"ter\ (-t[~e]r), n. One who, or that which, splits.

Wiktionary
splitter

n. 1 A person or a thing that splits. 2 (context colloquial English) A scientist in one of various fields who prefers to split categories such as species or dialects up into smaller groups. 3 In baseball, a splitfinger fastball (a type of pitch). 4 (context graphical user interface English) A draggable vertical or horizontal bar used to adjust the relative sizes of two adjacent windows.

WordNet
splitter
  1. n. a worker who splits fish and removes the backbone

  2. a taxonomist who classifies organisms into many groups on the basis of relatively minor characteristics [syn: divider] [ant: lumper]

  3. a laborer who splits logs to build split-rail fences [syn: rail-splitter]

Wikipedia
Splitter

Splitter or splitters may refer to:

Splitter (geometry)

In plane geometry, a splitter is a line segment through one of the vertices of a triangle (that is, a cevian) that bisects the perimeter of the triangle.

Usage examples of "splitter".

Qom Jha that sounded vaguely condescending, and then Splitter Of Stones and Keeper Of Promises dropped off their perches and flapped off back into the darkness toward the cave entrance.

Stepping to the yellow wall beneath where Splitter Of Stones was sitting, he ran an exploring hand across the surface.

Luke decided to let Splitter Of Stones and his cadre of Qom Jha take the point, flying up and ahead of them.

Shaking the distracting thoughts from his mind, Ryld spun to his feet at the same time he drew Splitter and whirled it in front of him.

The sword had no outward signs of an intelligence of its own, but Ryld had convinced himself some years before that Splitter enjoyed the attention he gave it.

She smiled, and he turned away, pretending to be deeply involved in returning Splitter to its ready position under their bed.

Ryld blinked blotches of purple from his eyes and whirled around and up to his feet, Splitter in front of him to guard against the inevitable next pounce.

Though he did his best to judge where the draegloth must have been to have clawed him like that, Splitter sank into the spongy ground under the water, never touching Jeggred.

He made a few more blind jabs with Splitter to keep the draegloth at bay while he stood.

Still he managed to get Splitter up in front of him in both hands and ready.

Ryld kept Splitter moving in fast, fluid motions in front of him and to either side, cutting through the water, taking the ends off one animated vine after another.

Ryld sheathed Splitter, and before the blade was entirely covered his feet were off the ground.

She took her pack and pulled out the splitter so she could bypass the wall sensors on the second floor, stuffing her purse into its place.

If the splitter of hairs has a sharp enough knife, the fact of life itself can be chopped into nothing.

Wulfhere Splitter of skulls hurled himself into battle, bloodstained, beard like blood and fire bristling and those terrible blue eyes blazing, his great ax clotted with blood and brains, few dared face him.