Definition of Divisible

1. Adjective. Capable of being or liable to be divided or separated. "The Americans fought a bloody war to prove that their nation is not divisible"


Definition of Divisible

1. a. Capable of being divided or separated.

2. n. A divisible substance.

Definition of Divisible

1. Adjective. (arithmetic) Of an integer, that, when divided by another integer, leaves no remainder. ¹

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Definition of Divisible

1. [adj]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Divisible

divinour
divint
divinyl
divinyl ether
divinyl ether synthase
divinylacetylene
divinylbenzene
divinylbenzenes
divis
divisable
diviseth
divisi
divisibilities
divisibility
divisibility sequence
divisible (current term)
divisibly
divisim
division
division Anthophyta
division Archaebacteria
division Bryophyta
division Chlorophyta
division Chrysophyta
division Cyanophyta
division Cynodontia
division Dicynodontia
division Eubacteria
division Euglenophyta
division Eumycota

Literary usage of Divisible

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Massachusetts Teacher by Massachusetts Teachers Federation, Massachusetts Teachers' Association (1855)
"Any even number, it is evident, is divisible by 2. The divisibility by 3 will be a corollary to that by 9. One hundred, and consequently any number of ..."

2. Handbook of the Law of Insurance by William Reynolds Vance (1904)
"32) WHEN THE CONTRACT IS divisible. WHEN THE CONTRACT IS divisible. 32. The peculiar character of the insurance contract raises a strong presumption in all ..."

3. The Elements of the Theory of Algebraic Numbers by Legh Wilber Reid (1910)
"If an integer be divisible by each one of a system of integers >M1,»«2, ... Determination of the Highest Power of a Prime, p, by which m! is divisible. ..."

4. A Treatise on Human Nature: Being an Attempt to Introduce the Experimental by David Hume, Thomas Hill Green (1874)
"Undoubtedly if the ' minimum visibile ' were a feeling it would not be divisible, but for the same reason it would not be a quantity. ..."

5. A Treatise on Algebra by Elias Loomis (1858)
"That is, the difference of any two powers of the same degree is divisible by the difference of their roots. Thus, let us divide a5—b" by a—b. a°-b° a"-a"b ..."

6. Proceedings of the London Mathematical Society by London Mathematical Society (1889)
"(iV) is divisible by a" when p. is an odd multiple of 8, bnt in all other cases only by a2'"'. If a is 2, if>f(N) is divisible by a""1, except when the ..."

7. The Law of Contracts by Samuel Williston, Clarence Martin Lewis (1920)
"divisible contracts. A contract though within the statute as to some portion of the performance promised by the défendent, may not be as to the remainder. ..."

8. An Introduction to the Principles of Morals and Legislation by Jeremy Bentham (1876)
"Fourth, acts may be distinguished into indivisible and Acts .ar,e «>- divisible. Indivisible acts are merely imaginary : they may be divisible; ..."

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