divisible
/di'vizəbl/
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Definition
- Adjective:
- Capable of being divided or separated: Describes something that can be split into parts, sections, or groups.
- Mathematics: Exactly divisible by another number without a remainder: Specifically describes an integer that can be divided by another integer, resulting in a whole number (an integer).
Usage
- The adjective divisible is used to describe the property of an object, concept, or number. It is often followed by the preposition "by" when specifying the divisor in a mathematical context (e.g., divisible by 3).
- It is the opposite of indivisible.
Examples
- General Use:
- The property was divisible among the heirs. (The estate could be split into parts for the inheritors.)
- The committee argued whether the issue was divisible into separate topics.
- Mathematical Use:
- Ten is divisible by two and five. (10 ÷ 2 = 5 and 10 ÷ 5 = 2, both results are integers.)
- Is 49 divisible by 7? Yes, it is. (49 ÷ 7 = 7)
Advanced Usage
- "Divisible by": The standard phrase for stating what number is the divisor.
- A number is divisible by 9 if the sum of its digits is divisible by 9.
- "Finely divisible": Capable of being divided into very small parts or units.
- The gold was finely divisible into tiny shares.
Variants and Related Words
- Divisibility (n): The quality or state of being divisible.
- The divisibility rule for 4 is simple: check the last two digits.
- Indivisible (adj): Incapable of being divided or separated.
- The bond between them was indivisible.
- Divide (v): The action of making something divisible or separating it into parts.
Synonyms
- Separable: Capable of being divided or disconnected.
- Partitionable: Capable of being divided into partitions or sections.
- Splittable: Capable of being split.
Antonyms
- Indivisible: Not able to be divided.
- Inseparable: Incapable of being separated.
- Whole: Constituting the full amount or complete entity.
Adjective
- capable of being or liable to be divided or separated
- even numbers are divisible by two
- the Americans fought a bloody war to prove that their nation is not divisible