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divisible

adjective
🔊/dɪˈvɪzəbl/
🔊/dɪˈvɪzəbl/
 [not usually before noun]
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  1. divisible (into something) that can be divided可除；可除尽
    • Plants are divisible into three main groups.植物可以划分为 3 大类。
    • He argued that all matter was infinitely divisible.他认为所有物质都是无限可分的。
    Topics Maths and measurementc2
  2. divisible (by something) (mathematics数学) that can be divided, usually with nothing left over可除；可除尽
    • 8 is divisible by 2 and 4, but not by 3.8 可被 2 和 4 除尽，但不能被 3 除尽。
    opposite indivisible
    Extra Examples
    • A prime number is evenly divisible only by itself and 1.质数仅能被其自身和 1 整除。
    • Twelve is divisible by four.12 可被 4 除尽。
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs
    • be
    adverb
    • infinitely
    • evenly
    preposition
    • by
    • into
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    3. Word Originlate Middle English: from late Latin divisibilis, from divis- ‘divided’, from the verb dividere ‘force apart, remove’.