Meaning of DIVISIBLE
| Pronunciation: | | di'vizubul
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| | 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" |
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| | Synonyms: | | cleavable, dissociable, dissociative, dividable, divisible by(p), partible, separable, severable |
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| | Antonyms: | | indivisible | | |
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\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.
\Di*vis"i*ble\, n.
A divisible substance. --Glanvill.
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