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divisible |
3 definitions found 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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