capable of being evenly divided, without remainder.
b.
of or pertaining to a group in which given any element and any integer, there is a second element that when raised to the integer equals the first element.
[Origin: 1545–55; (< AF) < LL dīvīsibilis, equiv. to L dīvīs(us), ptp. of dīvidere to divide(dī-di-2+ vīd- (var. s.) + -tus ptp. suffix) + -ibilis-ible]
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" [ant: indivisible]
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.
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