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divisible

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di·vis·i·ble  (d-vz-bl)
adj.
Capable of being divided, especially with no remainder: 15 is divisible by 3 and 5.
di·visi·bili·ty, di·visi·ble·ness n.
di·visi·bly adv.
divisible
Adjective
capable of being divided
divisibility n
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Adj.1.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"
indivisible - impossible of undergoing division; "an indivisible union of states"; "one nation indivisible"
Translations

divisible [dɪˈvɪzɪbl] adj → divisible
divisible [dɪˈvɪzəbl] adj divisible (by) → teilbar (durch);
to be divisible into → teilbar sein in +acc
divisible, division
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I was disposed straightway to search for other truths and when I had represented to myself the object of the geometers, which I conceived to be a continuous body or a space indefinitely extended in length, breadth, and height or depth, divisible into divers parts which admit of different figures and sizes, and of being moved or transposed in all manner of ways(for all this the geometers suppose to be in the object they contemplate), I went over some of their simplest demonstrations.
Reason For Discourse by Descartes, Rene View in context
To keep count of thousands of paces, Hurree Chunder's experience had shown him nothing more valuable than a rosary of eighty-one or a hundred and eight beads, for 'it was divisible and sub-divisible into many multiples and sub-multiples'.
Kim by Kipling, Rudyard View in context
We cannot observe infinitesimals, whether in time or space; we do not even know whether time and space are infinitely divisible.
The Analysis of Mind by Russell, Bertrand View in context
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