Definition of Divisibility

1. Noun. The quality of being divisible; the capacity to be divided into parts or divided among a number of persons.

Specialized synonyms: Fissiparity
Generic synonyms: Quality

Definition of Divisibility

1. n. The quality of being divisible; the property of bodies by which their parts are capable of separation.

Definition of Divisibility

1. Noun. (arithmetic) The property of being divisible by a particular integer. ¹

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Definition of Divisibility

1. [n -TIES]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Divisibility

divinizing
divinor
divinour
divint
divinyl
divinyl ether
divinyl ether synthase
divinylacetylene
divinylbenzene
divinylbenzenes
divis
divisable
diviseth
divisi
divisibilities
divisibility (current term)
divisibility sequence
divisible
divisibly
divisim
division
division Anthophyta
division Archaebacteria
division Bryophyta
division Chlorophyta
division Chrysophyta
division Cyanophyta
division Cynodontia
division Dicynodontia
division Eubacteria

Literary usage of Divisibility

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Principles of Mathematics by Bertrand Russell (1903)
"With regard to magnitude of divisibility, in the sense in which this is relevant to metrical Geometry, it is important to realize that it is an ordinal ..."

2. The Light of Nature Pursued by Abraham Tucker, Henry Paulet St. John Mildmay (1831)
"divisibility OF MATTER. tions of imperceptible particles into a perceptible ... divisibility .OF MATTER. BUT an objection may be thought to arise against ..."

3. The Journal of Speculative Philosophy: Ed. by Wm. T. Harris edited by William Torrey Harris (1886)
"And the divisibility of matter means the physical divisibility of its parts. Each part of matter may therefore be regarded, like each material body, ..."

4. Elements of Chemistry: Theoretical and Practical by William Allen Miller (1877)
"( a) divisibility of Matter.—What the real size of these ultimate particles may ... The divisibility of gold is often given in illustration of this point. ..."

5. Studies in General Physiology by Jacques Loeb (1905)
"XII ON THE LIMITS OF divisibility OF LIVING ... This investigator found in experiments on the divisibility of an ..."

6. A Treatise of Human Nature by David Hume (1888)
"SECTION I. Of the infinite divisibility of our ideas of space and time. PART II. WHATEVER has the air of a paradox, and is contrary to the first and most ..."

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