Division of a polynomial by a number, however, yields another polynomial. For example, x3/12 is considered a valid term in a polynomial (and a polynomial by itself) because it is equivalent to (1/12)x3 and 1/12 is just a constant. When this expression is used as a term, its coefficient is therefore 1/12.
Balkanize. 1  to divide (a country, territory, etc.) into small, quarrelsome, ineffectual states. ( 2 often lowercase) to divide (groups, areas, etc.) into contending and usually ineffectual factions: a movement to balkanize minority voters.
lateralization. [latâ²Éralâ²Ä«zÄâ²shÉn]. the tendency for certain processes to be more highly developed on one side of the brain than the other, such as development of spatial and musical thoughts in the right hemisphere and verbal and logical processes in the left hemisphere in most persons. (lat'Är-Äl-Ä«-zÄ'shÅ­n).