Divisible
adj, noun ·4 syllables ·Uncommon ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 Any substance that can be divided.
"The compoſition of Bodies, whether it be of Diviſibles or Indiviſibles, is a queſtion which must be rank'd with the Indiſſolvibles: For though it hath been attempted by the moſt illuſtrious Wits of all Philoſophick Ages; yet they have done little elſe, but ſhewn their own diviſions to be almoſt as infinite, as ſome ſuppoſe thoſe of their Subject."
- 1 Capable of being divided or split. not-comparable
"Near-synonyms: separable, separatable"
- 2 Capable of being divided or split.; Of an integer, that, when divided by another integer, results in another integer still, thus leaving no remainder. not-comparable
"Just as 12 is divisible by 3, so is 48 divisible by 12."
- 1 capable of being or liable to be divided or separated wordnet
Example
More examples"Among the divisors of 90, how many numbers are not divisible by 9?"
Etymology
PIE word *dwóh₁ From Middle English divisible, from Old French, from Late Latin divisibilis, from the verb Latin divido.
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