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dividable

adj · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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adj

Meaning 1

Capable of being divided (into fractions or parts).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • a dividable plant; a dividable lot; dividable property
  • 1674, Seth Ward, “An Apology for the Mysteries of the Gospel” in Seven Sermons, London: James Collins, p. 14, The whole Gospel is generally dividable into 1. Historical Narrations. 2. Moral Institutions and Motives. 3. Dogmatical Mysteries.
  • 1683, Henry Care, The Darkness of Atheisme Expelled by the Light of Nature, London: D. Brown et al., Theorem 7, p. 9, Infinite being is not dividable.

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adj

Meaning 2

Capable of being separated (from something).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: obsolete

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adj

Meaning 3

Divided; separated; parted.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: obsolete

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adjective satellite

Meaning 4

can be divided usually without leaving a remainder

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • 15 is dividable by 3

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History

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dwóh1 Proto-Indo-European *d(w)is- Proto-Italic *dis- Latin dis- Proto-Indo-European *dwóh1 Proto-Indo-European *dwi- Proto-Indo-European *dheh1- Proto-Indo-European *h1weydhh1-der. Proto-Italic *wiðō Latin *vidō Latin dīvidōder. Middle English dividen English divide Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *-dhlom Proto-Indo-European *-dhlis Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English dividable From divide + -able.

Across languages

Translations

2 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Hungarian: osztható — that may be divided
  • Manx: yn-rheynn — that may be divided