different between subdivide vs tracery

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

trace +? -ery

Noun

tracery (plural traceries)

1. (architecture) bars or ribs, usually of stone or wood, or other material, that subdivide an opening or stand in relief against a door or wall as an ornamental feature.
2. A delicate interlacing of lines reminiscent of the architectural ornament.