Ma'anar ƙamus na "rarrabe" shine a yanke ko raba (nama, gabobin jiki, ko wasu sassan jiki) don nazarin jiki ko bincike. Hakanan yana iya komawa ga tsarin yin nazari ko bincika wani abu daki-daki, ta karkasa shi zuwa sassa ko sassansa. A ma’ana ta alama, ana iya amfani da shi wajen kwatanta wani abu da aka yi nazari sosai ko aka yi nazari dalla-dalla.