divisor
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- noun
- /dɪˈvaɪzər/
- Specialized
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divisor
- When dividing 20 by 5, the number 5 is the divisor because it divides into 20 without leaving a remainder.
- a common divisor
A nice test for a practical number though, is you can't just test the prime divisors.
- A nice test for a practical number though, is you can't just test the prime divisors.
- My divisor, sorry, divisor times the quotient equals my function.
- Like, I didn't think about how this could be used as like a great, this isn't a word, I don't think for this, but divisor, like the source of division, right?
Examples
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Basic division facts included problems in which the divisor and quotient are single-digit numbers (e.g., 0 to 81) (Silbert et al., 1990).
Academic text (2002) -
What would the trivial divisors of integer N be?
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So if we take the greatest common divisor of the orders, we get one.
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You take your remainder and you and you put it below your divisor or above your divisor.
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The remainder is then computed by multiplying the quotient by the divisor and subtracting it from the dividend.
Academic text (1994) -
In mathematics, a number that can evenly divide another number is called a divisor.
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The teacher explained that every number has at least two divisors: itself and one, making them essential in understanding divisors.
Synonyms
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A number that divides another number exactly
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A number that divides another number exactly with no leftover
A whole number that divides another number exactly with no remainder
Compounds
- Specialized
The biggest whole number that divides two or more numbers exactly
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Divisor comes from the Latin word dividere, which means 'to divide'. So a divisor is literally 'something that divides', and in math it is the number that splits another number into equal parts.