divisible
adjective/dɪˈvɪzəbl/
/dɪˈvɪzəbl/
[not usually before noun]- divisible (into something) that can be divided
- Plants are divisible into three main groups.
- He argued that all matter was infinitely divisible.
- divisible (by something) (mathematics) that can be divided, usually with nothing left over
- 8 is divisible by 2 and 4, but not by 3.
Extra Examples- A prime number is evenly divisible only by itself and 1.
- Twelve is divisible by four.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs- be
- infinitely
- evenly
- by
- into
Word Originlate Middle English: from late Latin divisibilis, from divis- ‘divided’, from the verb dividere ‘force apart, remove’.
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