different between subdivide vs chessboard

English

Etymology

sub- +? divide

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?s?b.d??va?d/

Verb

subdivide (third-person singular simple present subdivides, present participle subdividing, simple past and past participle subdivided)

1. (transitive, intransitive) To divide into smaller sections.
   1. (real estate) To divide a plot of land into plots for residences; to convert open land into housing.

      This used to be farmland before developers bought it and subdivided it.

      • 1993, Historic American Building Survey, Town of Clayburg: Refractories Company Town, National Park Service, 3:

        Several local families recorded plots of land as additions to the town's territory and subdivided them into house lots.

2. (transitive, intransitive) To divide divisions into smaller divisions.
   • 1682, John Dryden, Religio Laici

     The progenies of Cham and Japhet swarmed into colonies, and those colonies were subdivided into many others.

Related terms

• subdivision

Translations

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /sub?di?.u?i.de/, [s??b?d?i?u??d??]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /sub?di.vi.de/, [sub?d?i?vid??]

Verb

subd?vide

1. second-person singular present active imperative of subd?vid?

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /subdi?bide/, [su??.ð?i???i.ð?e]

Verb

subdivide

1. Informal second-person singular (tú) affirmative imperative form of subdividir.
2. Formal second-person singular (usted) present indicative form of subdividir.
3. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present indicative form of subdividir.

English

Etymology

chess +? board

Noun

chessboard (plural chessboards)

1. (chess) The square board used in the game of chess, subdivided into eight rows of eight squares each, the squares in each row and column being of alternating colours.
2. (topology) A mathematical construction based on this pattern of squares

Translations

See also

• chess
• checkerboard, chequerboard
• draughtsboard
• gameboard