Wordnet 3.0
ADJECTIVE (1)
1.
capable of being or liable to be divided or separated;
- Example: "even numbers are divisible by two"- Example: "the Americans fought a bloody war to prove that their nation is not divisible"
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Divisible \Di*vis"i*ble\, a. [L. divisibilis, fr. dividere: cf.
F. divisible. See Divide.]
Capable of being divided or separated.
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Extended substance . . . is divisible into parts. --Sir
W. Hamilton.
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Divisible contract (Law), a contract containing agreements
one of which can be separated from the other.
Divisible offense (Law), an offense containing a lesser
offense in one of a greater grade, so that on the latter
there can be an acquittal, while on the former there can
be a conviction. -- Di*vis"i*ble*ness, n. --
Di*vis"i*bly, adv.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Divisible \Di*vis"i*ble\, n.
A divisible substance. --Glanvill.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
divisible
adj 1: 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" [ant: indivisible]