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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Divisible \Di*vis"i*ble\, a. [L. divisibilis fr dividere: cf
F. divisible. See {Divide}.]
Capable of being divided or separated.
Extended substance . . . is divisible into parts --Sir
W. Hamilton.
{Divisible contract} (Law), a contract containing agreements
one of which can be separated from the other
{Divisible offense} (Law), an offense containing a lesser
offense in one of a greater grade, so that on the latter
there can be an acquittal, while on the former there can
be a conviction. -- {Di*vis"i*ble*ness}, n. --
{Di*vis"i*bly}, adv
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Divisible \Di*vis"i*ble\, n.
A divisible substance. --Glanvill.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
divisible
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"
[ant: {indivisible}]
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