indivisible
English
Etymology
From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle French indivisible, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Late Latin indivisibilis
Adjective
indivisible (not comparable)
- Incapable of being divided; atomic.
- (Can we date this quote by Dryden and provide title, author’s full name, and other details?)
- one indivisible point of time
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- (arithmetic) Incapable of being divided by a specific integer without leaving a remainder.
Synonyms
Antonyms
- (incapable of being divided; arithmetic): divisible
- (incapable of being combined): incombinable, uncombinable, unmergeable, ununifiable
Related terms
Translations
incapable of being divided
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incapable of being divided by a specific integer
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Noun
indivisible (plural indivisibles)
- That which cannot be divided or split.
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- The composition of Bodies, whether it be of Divisibles or Indivisibles, is a question which must be rank'd with the Indissolvibles […]
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- By atom, nobody will imagine we intend to express a perfect indivisible, but only the least sort of natural bodies.
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- (geometry) An infinitely small quantity which is assumed to admit of no further division.
Derived terms
French
Pronunciation
Adjective
indivisible (plural indivisibles)
Antonyms
Further reading
- “indivisible”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Middle French
Adjective
indivisible m or f (plural indivisibles)
Spanish
Adjective
indivisible m or f (masculine and feminine plural indivisibles)
Antonyms
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