divisible
AdjectiveUS[dih-viz-uh-buhl]/dɪˈvɪzəbəl/4 syllables
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Adjective (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”Opposite indivisibleSimilar dissociable, partible, cleavable, dissociative, dividable
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)
Di·vis′i·ble adjective
Origin: L. divisibilis, fr. dividere: cf. F. divisible. See Divide.
Capable of being divided or separated.
Extended substance... is divisible into parts.— Sir William Hamilton
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′wb-a1′>′i·ble·ness, noun — Di·vis′wb-a1′>′i·bly, adverb
Di·vis′i·ble noun
A divisible substance. Joseph Glanvill
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54