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divisible

divisible

1 3.7
Can be split into equal parts with nothing left over
  • adjective
  • /dɪˈvɪzəbl/
translation icon : divisible
  • The problem that inevitably arises, as we will see, is that commerce and land use, like the market and the family, are not neatly divisible.

Even number is always divisible by two, right?

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Examples

  • So money has to be easily divisible and not not atrophy and things like that.

  • We know that space is, on the one hand continuous, but it's also divisible and discreet.

  • Even number is always divisible by two, right?

  • So you would say B is divisible by a.

  • So yeah, a number that is only divisible by itself in one.

  • Let's find is anything divisible by three?

  • So what we're saying is if J is evenly divisible by two, we're going to break.

  • "Gradualism is a very useful political tool, but it can be applied only to problems that have a divisible solution.

    Academic text (1990)
  • Letters are manipulable, graspable, divisible, movable.

    Academic text (1999)
  • An even number is always divisible by two.

Synonyms

dividable
vsdivisible
  • Specialized
4.3

Able to be split into equal parts with nothing left

focuses on exact division by numbers with no remainder
decomposable
vsdivisible
5.8

Able to be separated into smaller parts

refers instead to even division rather than breaking into parts
subdivisible
vsdivisible
5.4

Can be divided into smaller parts

means a general even split, not specifically further subdivision
partible
vsdivisible
  • Specialized
9.9

Able to be divided into parts

applies to numeric division without implying property or ownership
dissociable
vsdivisible
7.7

Able to be separated or treated as separate from something else

is about precise numeric division rather than conceptual separateness

Antonyms

14 5.8

Cannot be split into parts

How Divisible

granular
9 5.1
sliceable
  • Specialized
4.2
divisible
1 3.7
indivisible
14 5.8

Surface Forms

divisible positive

Morphology

divisible = divide (transparent) = divide + ible

Formed from the verb 'divide' plus the adjectival suffix '-ible', the meaning 'capable of being divided' is directly derivable.

Etymology

Divisible comes from the root divide, from an old Latin word dividere meaning 'to separate' or 'to share out'. So, something divisible can be split into parts, and in math it can be divided by another number without leaving a remainder.