Definitions for: 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"



Webster (1913) Definition: 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.

Synonyms: cleavable, dissociable, dissociative, dividable, divisible by(p), partible, separable, severable

Antonyms: indivisible

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