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divisible

adj

UK [dɪˈvɪzɪbəɫ]

Etymology PIE word *dwóh₁ From Middle English divisible, from Old French, from Late Latin divisibilis, from the verb Latin divido.

Capable of being divided or split.

Arithmetic Of an integer, that, when divided by another integer, results in another integer still, thus leaving no remainder.

Synonyms: divisible, discerpible, partible, scissile, separable, splittable
Antonyms: combinable, indivisible, mergeable, unifiable
Derived terms: divisibleness, divisibly, evenly divisible, nondivisible, polydivisible, subdivisible, undivisible
Related terms: divisibility, separation, separate, divide

noun

Etymology PIE word *dwóh₁ From Middle English divisible, from Old French, from Late Latin divisibilis, from the verb Latin divido.

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.1661, Joseph Glanvill, chapter V, in The Vanity of Dogmatizing: Or Confidence in Opinions. […], London: […] E. C[otes] for Henry Eversden […], →OCLC, page 53:

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