Dividable

di·vide  (d-vd)

v. di·vid·ed, di·vid·ing, di·vides

v.tr.

1.

a. To separate into parts, sections, groups, or branches: divided the students into four groups. See Synonyms at separate.

b. To sector into units of measurement; graduate: The ruler was divided into metric units.

c. To separate and group according to kind; classify: divided the plants by genus.

2.

a. To cause to separate into opposing factions; disunite: "They want not to divide either the Revolution or the Church but to be an integral part of both" (Conor Cruise O'Brien).

b. To cause (members of a parliament) to vote by separating into groups, as pro and con.

3. To separate from something else; cut off: A mountain chain divides France and Spain.

4. To apportion among a number: Volunteers divided the different jobs among themselves. See Synonyms at distribute.

5. Mathematics

a. To subject (a number) to the process of division: divided 20 by 4.

b. To be a divisor of: 3 divides 9.

c. To use (a number) as a divisor: divided 5 into 35.

v.intr.

1.

a. To become separated into parts.

b. To branch out, as a river.

c. To form into factions; take sides: The party divided evenly on the tax issue.

d. To vote by dividing.

2. Mathematics To perform the operation of division.

3. Biology To undergo cell division.

n.

1. A dividing point or line: "would clearly tip the court . . . across a dangerous constitutional divide" (Lawrence H. Tribe).

2. A ridge of land; a watershed.

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[Middle English dividen, from Latin dvidere : d-, dis-, dis- + -videre, to separate.]

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di·vida·ble adj.

Thesaurus

Adj.

1.

dividable - can be divided usually without leaving a remainder; "15 is dividable by 3" math, mathematics, maths - a science (or group of related sciences) dealing with the logic of quantity and shape and arrangement divisible - 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"