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Definition of Indivisible

1. Adjective. Impossible of undergoing division. "One nation indivisible"

Definition of Indivisible

1. a. Not divisible; incapable of being divided, separated, or broken; not separable into parts.

2. n. That which is indivisible.

Definition of Indivisible

1. Adjective. incapable of being divided; atomic. ¹

2. Adjective. (arithmetic) Incapable of being divided by a specific integer without leaving a remainder. ¹

3. Noun. That which is indivisible. ¹

4. Noun. (geometry) An infinitely small quantity which is assumed to admit of no further division. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Indivisible

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Medical Definition of Indivisible

1. 1. Not divisible; incapable of being divided, separated, or broken; not separable into parts. "One indivisible point of time." 2. Not capable of exact division, as one quantity by another; incommensurable. Origin: L. Indivisibilis: cf. F. Indivisible. See In- not, and Divisible. 1. That which is indivisible. "By atom, nobody will imagine we intend to express a perfect indivisible, but only the least sort of natural bodies." (Digby) 2. An infinitely small quantity which is assumed to admit of no further division. Method of indivisibles, a kind of calculus, formerly in use, in which lines were considered as made up of an infinite number of points; surfaces, as made up of an infinite number of lines; and volumes, as made up of an infinite number of surfaces. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Indivisible

Literary usage of Indivisible

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

1. An Introduction to the Principles of Morals and Legislation by Jeremy Bentham (1907)
"Fourth, acts may be distinguished into indivisible and Acts are in- divisible. indivisible acts are merely imaginary: they may be divisible'; ..."

2. The Law of Contracts by Samuel Williston, Clarence Martin Lewis (1920)
"If, however, a promise is not only wider than is permissible but is also indivisible, the court will not attempt to give partial effect to the promise but ..."

3. Lectures on the Philosophy of the Human Mind by Thomas Brown, David Welsh (1860)
"A person is some- '""ig indivisible, and is what Leibnitz calls a monad. ** " That there is something undoubtedly which thinks," says Lord Shaftesbury, ..."

4. Principles of the English Law of Contract and of Agency in Its Relation to by William Reynell Anson, Ernest Wilson Huffcut (1899)
"(ii) When the contract is indivisible. (><) indivisible Where there is one promise made upon several con- contract, siderations, some of which are had and ..."

5. A History of Greek Philosophy from the Earliest Period to the Time of Socrates by Eduard Zeller (1881)
"how this distinction is related to the distinction of form.1 For as the atoms are indivisible only because there is no vacuum in them, ..."

6. System of Positive Polity by Auguste Comte (1877)
"... as each in due order an introduction to Humanity; we do not consider this indivisible being as composed of elements in the proper sense of the word. ..."

7. Famous Utopias: Being the Complete Text of Rousseau's Social Contract, More by Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Thomas More, Francis Bacon, Charles McLean Andrews, Tommaso Campanella (1901)
"THAT SOVEREIGNTY 1s indivisible. FOR the same reason that sovereignty is inalienable it is indivisible; for the will is either general, or it is not; ..."

8. Ideal Empires and Republics: Rousseau's Social Contract, More's Utopia by Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Thomas More, Francis Bacon, Tommaso Campanella (1901)
"THAT SOVEREIGNTY is indivisible. FOR the same reason that sovereignty is inalienable it is indivisible; for the will is either general, or it is not; ..."

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