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3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Indivisible \In`di*vis"i*ble\, a. [L. indivisibilis: cf F. indivisible. See {In-} not and {Divisible}.] 1. Not divisible; incapable of being divided, separated, or broken; not separable into parts ``One indivisible point of time.'' --Dryden. 2. (Math.) Not capable of exact division, as one quantity by another; incommensurable. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Indivisible \In`di*vis"i*ble\, n. 1. That which is indivisible. By atom, nobody will imagine we intend to express a perfect indivisible, but only the least sort of natural bodies. --Digby. 2. (Geom.) An infinitely small quantity which is assumed to admit of no further division. {Method of indivisibles}, a kind of calculus, formerly in use in which lines were considered as made up of an infinite number of points; surfaces, as made up of an infinite number of lines; and volumes, as made up of an infinite number of surfaces. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: indivisible adj : impossible of undergoing division; "an indivisible union of states"; "one nation indivisible" [ant: {divisible}]
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