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Webster 1913 Edition
Divisible
Di-vis′i-ble
,Adj.
Capable of being divided or separated.
Extended substance . . . is
– divisible
into parts. Sir W. Hamilton.
Di-vis′i-ble-ness
, Noun.
Di-vis′i-bly
, adv.
Di-vis′i-ble
,Noun.
A divisible substance.
Glanvill.
Webster 1828 Edition
Divisible
DIVISIBLE
,Adj.
Definition 2024
divisible
divisible
English
Adjective
divisible (not comparable)
- Capable of being divided or split.
- (arithmetic) Of an integer, that, when divided by another integer, leaves no remainder.
- 12 is divisible by 3.
Translations
Capable of being divided
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Of an integer, that when divided leaves no remainder
Related terms
Synonyms
- disunitable
- splittable
Antonyms
- (all meanings): indivisible
- (capable of being divided): combinable, mergeable, unifiable
Noun
divisible (plural divisibles)
- Any substance that can be divided.
- Joseph Glanvill
- The composition of Bodies, whether it be of Divisibles or Indivisibles, is a question which must be rank'd with the Indissolvibles […]
- Joseph Glanvill
French
Etymology
From Old French, a borrowing from Late Latin divisibilis, from the verb Latin divido.
Adjective
divisible m, f (plural divisibles)