subdivisibleadj.
/ˌsʌbdᵻˈvɪzᵻbl/, U.S. /ˈˌsəbdəˈvɪzəb(ə)l/ Capable of being subdivided.
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the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > separation > action of dividing or divided condition > [adjective] > divided > subdivided > able to be
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subdividable1670
1654 W. Charleton Physiologia Epicuro-Gassendo-Charltoniana ii. ii. 90 The Parts of no Physical Continuum, or Magnitude, are subdivisible to Infinity.
1710 G. Berkeley Treat. Princ. Human Knowl. §130 Some..do yet farther maintain that each of these infinitesimals is itself subdivisible into an infinity of other parts or infinitesimals of a second order.
1797 S. H. Wilcocke tr. J. G. Zimmermann Ess. National Pride iv. 43 The various appearances of national pride all converge to two distinct genera, each of them sub-divisible into several species.
1841 Penny Cycl. XIX. 312/2 Into how many parts soever a line may be divided, each part is a length, still subdivisible for ever.
1848 Fraser's Mag. 38 51 The lands become divisible and sub-divisible.
1887 Mind 12 542 The space represented as near to us seems more minutely subdivisible than that we think of as lying far away.
1959 J. D. Clark Prehist. Southern Afr. 39 The Pro-Chelles-Acheul cultures [are] mainly based upon the use of river pebbles, and subdivisible into an earlier (Kafuan) and a later (Oldowan) stage.
1994 J. Barth Once upon Time 180 History is..infinitely subdivisible.
2007 Architects Jrnl. (Nexis) 8 Mar. (Archive section) The replacement of the existing 1920s lecture theatre with a new subdivisible 294-seat facility.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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