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divisible, a. (n.)|dɪˈvɪzɪb(ə)l|
Also 6–7 de-.
[ad. L. dīvīsibil-is (Tertullian, 3rd c.), f. dīvīs- ppl. stem of dīvidĕre to divide: cf. F. divisible (Oresme, 14th c.).]
Capable of being divided.
1. Capable of being divided into parts (actually, or in thought); capable of being divided into kinds or classes, distinguishable; capable of being divided or distributed among a number.
1552Huloet, Deuisible, or able to be parted or deuided, deuiduus. 1597Hooker Eccl. Pol. v. lv. §7 In as much as that infinite word is not diuisible into parts, it could not in part, but must needs be wholly incarnate. 1665Hooke Microgr. 2 Certainly the quantity or extension of any body may be divisible in infinitum, though perhaps not the matter. 1777Priestley Matt. & Spir. (1782) I. iii. 38 Every particle of matter is infinitely divisible. 1881Mivart Cat 14 The Cat's entire frame is divisible into head, neck, trunk, tail, and limbs. 1891Law Times 106/2 The beneficial interest..is to be divisible amongst the next of kin.
2. Math. Of a number or quantity:
†a. To be divided; forming the dividend (obs.).
b. Capable of being divided without remainder (by).
1579Digges Stratiot. 9 The number divisible. 1709–29V. Mandey Syst. Math., Arith. 23 Because 4869 [i.e. 4 + 8 + 6 + 9] make 27, a number divisible by 9, therefore also 4869 may be divided by 9. 1727–51Chambers Cycl. s.v. Number, Primitive, or prime Number is that, which is only divisible by unity..Compound Number is that divisible by some other number besides unity; as 8, divisible by 4, and by 2. Mod. A number is divisible by 9 if the sum of its digits is divisible by 9.
†B. n. A divisible body. Obs.
1665Glanvill Scepsis Sci. v. (R.), The composition of bodies, whether it be of divisibles or indivisibles.
Hence diˈvisibleness, divisibility; diˈvisibly adv., in a divisible manner, so as to be divisible; † in small portions (obs.).
1558Bp. Watson Sev. Sacram. vii. 40 Gods onely begotten sonne goeth into euery man diuisiblye that receyueth him. 1649Jer. Taylor Gt. Exemp. Ad Sect. v. §7 The use of reason comes at no definite time, but insensibly and divisibly. a1691Boyle (J.), Naturalists disagree about..the indefinite divisibleness of matter. ― Wks. I. 376 (R.) The divisibleness of nitre into fixed and volatile parts. |