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Divisor
//dɪˈvaɪ.zɚ// noun
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- 1 In an expression involving division, the number by which another number is being divided.
"In "42 ÷ 3" the divisor is the 3."
- 2 the number by which a dividend is divided wordnet
- 3 An integer that divides another integer an integral number of times, the former being called a divisor of the latter.
"10 is a divisor of 100, but not of 101."
- 4 one of two or more integers that can be exactly divided into another integer wordnet
- 5 An integer that divides another integer an integral number of times, the former being called a divisor of the latter.; A ring element which can be multiplied (by some other ring element) to yield a third ring element, the first being called a divisor of the third. If the ring is noncommutative, then one specifies whether a divisor is left, right, or two-sided. broadly
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- 6 Any of several kinds of formal object associated to an algebraic variety, scheme, etc., which play a role similar to that of homology or cohomology groups in the study of topological spaces.; An element of the free abelian group on the points of the space.
- 7 Any of several kinds of formal object associated to an algebraic variety, scheme, etc., which play a role similar to that of homology or cohomology groups in the study of topological spaces.; A Weil divisor: an element of the free abelian group on the codimension-1 subvarieties (or subschemes).
- 8 Any of several kinds of formal object associated to an algebraic variety, scheme, etc., which play a role similar to that of homology or cohomology groups in the study of topological spaces.; A Cartier divisor; see Cartier divisors on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
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