indivisible
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Middle French indivisible, from Late Latin indivisibilis
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
indivisible (not comparable)
- Incapable of being divided; atomic.
- 1695, John Dryden (translator), Observations on the Art of Painting by Charles Alphonse du Fresnoy
- one indivisible point of time
- 1695, John Dryden (translator), Observations on the Art of Painting by Charles Alphonse du Fresnoy
- (arithmetic) Incapable of being divided by a specific integer without leaving a remainder.
Synonyms[edit]
Antonyms[edit]
- (incapable of being divided; arithmetic): divisible
- (incapable of being combined): incombinable, uncombinable, unmergeable, ununifiable
Related terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
incapable of being divided
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incapable of being divided by a specific integer
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Noun[edit]
indivisible (plural indivisibles)
- That which cannot be divided or split.
- 1661, Joseph Glanvill, The Vanity of Dogmatizing
- The composition of Bodies, whether it be of Divisibles or Indivisibles, is a question which must be rank'd with the Indissolvibles […]
- 1644, Kenelm Digby, Two Treatises
- By atom, nobody will imagine we intend to express a perfect indivisible, but only the least sort of natural bodies.
- 1661, Joseph Glanvill, The Vanity of Dogmatizing
- (geometry) An infinitely small quantity which is assumed to admit of no further division.
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French[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
indivisible (plural indivisibles)
Antonyms[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- “indivisible” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Middle French[edit]
Adjective[edit]
indivisible m or f (plural indivisibles)
Spanish[edit]
Adjective[edit]
indivisible (plural indivisibles)
- indivisible
- Antonyms: divisible, incombinable
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