long division

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long division (countable and uncountable, plural long divisions)

  1. (mathematics) A procedure for dividing multidigit numbers, breaking down the division into a series of easier steps.
    • 1837, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], “Ranelagh”, in Ethel Churchill: Or, The Two Brides. […], volume III, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC, page 8:
      Lord Harvey is doing his best to find if there be a 'yes' in the world. It would require—what is that rule in arithmetic? ah!—long division, to reckon up the number of refusals he has had this season!

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