indivisible
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Adjective (1)
- impossible of undergoing division“an indivisible union of states”“one nation indivisible”Opposite divisibleSimilar inseparable, indiscrete, undividable
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)
Origin: L. indivisibilis: cf. F. indivisible. See In- not, and Divisible.
1. Not divisible; incapable of being divided, separated, or broken; not separable into parts. “One indivisible point of time.” John Dryden
2. Mathematics Not capable of exact division, as one quantity by another; incommensurable.
1. That which is indivisible.
By atom, nobody will imagine we intend to express a perfect indivisible, but only the least sort of natural bodies.— Digby.
2. Geometry An infinitely small quantity which is assumed to admit of no further division.
Method of indivisibles, a kind of calculus, formerly in use, in which lines were considered as made up of an infinite number of points; surfaces, as made up of an infinite number of lines; and volumes, as made up of an infinite number of surfaces.
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54