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单词 divisible
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Definition of divisible in English:

divisible

adjective dɪˈvɪzɪb(ə)ldəˈvɪzəb(ə)l
  • 1Capable of being divided.

    the marine environment is divisible into a number of areas
    Example sentencesExamples
    • The appendage is divisible into three parts - a broad proximal section where it joins the theca then a median section tapering to narrower distal section.
    • Each superfamily is clearly divisible into two to four distinct families on the basis of conserved elements in the precursor sequences.
    • Now a line is extended and Leibniz held that extension is a form of repetition, so, a line, being divisible into parts, cannot be a unity.
    • In other words, the tenant's estate was somehow divisible into two portions, only one of which was extinguished by the squatter's adverse possession.
    • These scruples of mine are divisible into three points, which I shall, for your convenience, set out in a list.
    • Zen schools are more or less divisible into those that emphasize a curriculum of verbal meditation objects - like koans - and those that do not.
    • In contrast to the classification by overstory, the seven forests were not divisible into groups using the understory taxa.
    • Herrnstein's and Murray's argument depends on thinking of the 15-point IQ difference as divisible into a genetic chunk and an environmental chunk.
    • According to the Geological Survey Team of Tibet, who surveyed the area and measured the studied section, the Juripu Formation is divisible into 12 units.
    • These clans are then divisible into subclans, smaller family groups called lineages, and diyah groups.
    • Twentieth century crinoid studies are divisible into four periods.
    • The Chechens are divisible into several tribes, and intertribal tensions are a part of Chechnya history.
    • I think the term for payment being divisible into small particles is ‘frangibility’.
    • Familiar accounts of epistemic terms seem to be divisible into those that employ only clearly naturalistic terms and those that do not.
    • The body itself is not divisible into neatly - organized tagmata or regions as it is in most other arthropods.
    • Undergirding these laws is the ontological premise that space is divisible into state-owned sovereign units.
    • Lirabuccinum is divisible into two morphologic groups.
    • It becomes clear then that the relationships between plants and humans is such that plants as a whole are not obviously divisible into either wild or cultivated.
    • Surrounding the atrium is a structured grid that is divisible into a series of 100-square-foot rooms.
    • It is divisible into three sections with soundproof partitions.
    Synonyms
    distinguishable, distinct, independent
  • 2Mathematics
    (of a number) containing another number a number of times without a remainder.

    24 is divisible by 4
    Example sentencesExamples
    • In particular, if the remainder is 0, the original number is divisible by 9.
    • The question boils down to how many states are needed to test whether a certain number is divisible by another, given number.
    • Every fourth number is divisible by 4, so there won't be more than three in a row in this bin.
    • How can you tell whether a number is divisible by another number (leaving no remainder) without actually doing the division?
    • To this effect, consider a hypernatural K in * N that is divisible by every natural number.

Derivatives

  • divisibility

  • noun dɪvɪzɪˈbɪlɪtidəˌvɪzəˈbɪlədi
    • Another complication is that sometimes there seems no way to resolve the antinomies, as in the case of the divisibility of matter.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Presumably, though, there is a smallest size of atom, and this is thought to be enough to avoid the paradoxes of infinite divisibility.
      • We exchange stories about school, cats, divisibility rules, and broccoli, whatever seems to float her boat.
      • This early form of barter, however, does not provide the transferability and divisibility that makes trading efficient.
      • In fact, the very same criteria - homogeneity, divisibility, replicability, and boundedness - apply in both cases.

Origin

Late Middle English: from late Latin divisibilis, from divis- 'divided', from the verb dividere (see divide).

Rhymes

risible, visible
 
 

Definition of divisible in US English:

divisible

adjectivedəˈvizəb(ə)ldəˈvɪzəb(ə)l
  • 1Capable of being divided.

    the marine environment is divisible into a number of areas
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Now a line is extended and Leibniz held that extension is a form of repetition, so, a line, being divisible into parts, cannot be a unity.
    • It is divisible into three sections with soundproof partitions.
    • In other words, the tenant's estate was somehow divisible into two portions, only one of which was extinguished by the squatter's adverse possession.
    • Familiar accounts of epistemic terms seem to be divisible into those that employ only clearly naturalistic terms and those that do not.
    • These scruples of mine are divisible into three points, which I shall, for your convenience, set out in a list.
    • Each superfamily is clearly divisible into two to four distinct families on the basis of conserved elements in the precursor sequences.
    • It becomes clear then that the relationships between plants and humans is such that plants as a whole are not obviously divisible into either wild or cultivated.
    • In contrast to the classification by overstory, the seven forests were not divisible into groups using the understory taxa.
    • The Chechens are divisible into several tribes, and intertribal tensions are a part of Chechnya history.
    • Surrounding the atrium is a structured grid that is divisible into a series of 100-square-foot rooms.
    • I think the term for payment being divisible into small particles is ‘frangibility’.
    • Herrnstein's and Murray's argument depends on thinking of the 15-point IQ difference as divisible into a genetic chunk and an environmental chunk.
    • Lirabuccinum is divisible into two morphologic groups.
    • Twentieth century crinoid studies are divisible into four periods.
    • These clans are then divisible into subclans, smaller family groups called lineages, and diyah groups.
    • Zen schools are more or less divisible into those that emphasize a curriculum of verbal meditation objects - like koans - and those that do not.
    • According to the Geological Survey Team of Tibet, who surveyed the area and measured the studied section, the Juripu Formation is divisible into 12 units.
    • Undergirding these laws is the ontological premise that space is divisible into state-owned sovereign units.
    • The appendage is divisible into three parts - a broad proximal section where it joins the theca then a median section tapering to narrower distal section.
    • The body itself is not divisible into neatly - organized tagmata or regions as it is in most other arthropods.
    Synonyms
    distinguishable, distinct, independent
    1. 1.1Mathematics (of a number) capable of being divided by another number without a remainder.
      24 is divisible by 4
      Example sentencesExamples
      • How can you tell whether a number is divisible by another number (leaving no remainder) without actually doing the division?
      • Every fourth number is divisible by 4, so there won't be more than three in a row in this bin.
      • To this effect, consider a hypernatural K in * N that is divisible by every natural number.
      • The question boils down to how many states are needed to test whether a certain number is divisible by another, given number.
      • In particular, if the remainder is 0, the original number is divisible by 9.

Origin

Late Middle English: from late Latin divisibilis, from divis- ‘divided’, from the verb dividere (see divide).

 
 
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