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di⋅vi⋅sor

  [di-vahy-zer]
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–noun Mathematics.
1. a number by which another number, the dividend, is divided.
2. a number contained in another given number a certain integral number of times, without a remainder.
Origin:
1425–75; late ME < L dīvīsor, one who divides, equiv. to dīvīd- (var. s. of dīvidere to divide ) + -tor -tor
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di·vi·sor   (dĭ-vī'zər)   
n.  The quantity by which another quantity, the dividend, is to be divided.
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divisor   (dĭ-vī'zər)  Pronunciation Key 
A number used to divide another. In the equation 15 ÷ 3 = 5, 3 is the divisor.
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