dividing
di-vid-ing
verb
The action of separating a whole into smaller parts or groups.
"She was dividing the cake into slices."
adjective
Serving to separate or create a distinction between two or more things.
"A fence acts as a dividing barrier."
Thesaurus
Synonyms: watershed, divide, water parting, separate, fraction, part, dissever, split up, split, carve up, disunite