divisibility

[ dih-viz-uh-bil-i-tee ]

noun
  1. the capacity of being divided.

  2. Mathematics. the capacity of being evenly divided, without remainder.

Origin of divisibility

1
1635–45; <Late Latin dīvīsibil(is) divisible + -ity

Other words from divisibility

  • non·di·vis·i·bil·i·ty, noun

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British Dictionary definitions for divisibility

divisibility

/ (dɪˌvɪzɪˈbɪlɪtɪ) /


noun
  1. the capacity of a dividend to be exactly divided by a given number

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