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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.
divide and conquer en · NOUN
Pronunciation
Etymology
Calque of Latin dīvide et imperā.
Meanings
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(uncountable) A strategy for achieving political or military control.
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(uncountable) An algorithm design technique that solves a problem by splitting it recursively into smaller problems until all of the remaining problems are trivial.
The quicksort algorithm is an example of divide and conquer.
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(uncountable) A phacoemulsification technique in which the nucleus is grooved and divided into halves.
Coordinates
stop and chop
divide and conquer en · VERB
Pronunciation
Etymology
Calque of Latin dīvide et imperā.
Meanings
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To use a combination of political, military and economic strategies that aim to gain and maintain power by breaking up larger concentrations of power into chunks that individually have less power than the one implementing the strategy.
It added that it can't begin pay talks without permission from Transport Scotland, and then cited a TSSA union survey of ScotRail that suggested that most of its members were against strikes, instead preferring job security rather than a pay rise. This prompted the TSSA to accuse ScotRail of trying to divide and conquer.
2020 December 2, Philip Haigh, “A winter of discontent caused by threat of union action”, in Rail, page 62:
Forms
Synonyms
divide and rule
Translations (2)
pl dzielić i rządzić (Translations) · hu megoszt és uralkodik (Translations)
divide and conquer en · X
Pronunciation
Etymology
Calque of Latin dīvide et imperā.
Meanings
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In order to rule securely, do not allow alliances between your enemies.
Translations (5)
la divide et impera (in order to rule securely, do not allow alliances between your enemies) · fi hajota ja hallitse (in order to rule securely, do not allow alliances between your enemies) · hu oszd meg és uralkodj (in order to rule securely, do not allow alliances between your enemies) · pl dziel i rządź (in order to rule securely, do not allow alliances between your enemies) · de teile und herrsche (in order to rule securely, do not allow alliances between your enemies)