Divisible
[dɪ'vɪzɪb(ə)l] or [də'vɪzəbl]
Definition
(adj.) 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' .
Checked by Cecily--From WordNet
Definition
(a.) Capable of being divided or separated.
(n.) A divisible substance.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
a. Separable.
Typist: Tim
Examples
- This figure is moveable, separable, and divisible. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
- Whatever is extended consists of parts; and whatever consists of parts is divisible, if not in reality, at least in the imagination. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
- But it is impossible anything divisible can be conjoined to a thought or perception, which is a being altogether inseparable and indivisible. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
- For supposing such a conjunction, would the indivisible thought exist on the left or on the right hand of this extended divisible body? David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
Typist: Tim