Glenn Gould

There's a very curious and - and almost sadistic lust for blood that overcomes the concert listener, and there's a waiting for it to happen: a waiting for the horn to fluff; a waiting for the strings to become ragged; a waiting for the conductor to forget the subdivide, you know? And it's dreadful!

Canadian Musician

Gloria Macapagal Arroyo

Agrarian reform should not merely subdivide misery, it must raise living standards. Ownership raises the farmer from his, but productivity will keep him on his feet.

Filipino Statesman

Often used in real estate to describe dividing large property into saleable lots.

Real Estate Context

Can be used metaphorically to mean breaking down complex problems.

Figurative Use

Refers to dividing something physically, not abstractly or thematically.

Physical Division

Used for explaining the division of shapes, lines, or areas into smaller parts in math.

Mathematical Division

In academic contexts, it can mean breaking down concepts into simpler elements for study.

Incremental Learning

Accuracy is important when subdividing in mathematical problems.

Precision Required

 to divide the reservation until nothing was left. The move destroyed the reservations, making it easier to further subdivide and to sell with every passing generation. Most of the surplus land and many of the plots within reservation boundaries are now in the hands of white ranchers.

Aaron Huey: America's...

 This idea of splitting and averaging also holds for surfaces. So, I'll split, and I'll average. I'll split, and I'll average. Put those together into subdivide, and this how we actually create the shapes of all of our surface characters in three dimensions.

Subdivide