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divisor

noun · 8 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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  • UK: /dɪˈvaɪ.zə(ɹ)/
  • US: dĭ-vīʹ-zər
  • US: /dɪˈvaɪ.zɚ/
  • US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • homophone: diviser
  • rhymes with -aɪzə(ɹ)
  • CMU ARPABET: D IH0 V AY1 Z ER0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

In an expression involving division, the number by which another number is being divided.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: arithmetic

Examples

  • In "42 ÷ 3" the divisor is the 3.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

An integer that divides another integer an integral number of times, the former being called a divisor of the latter.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • 10 is a divisor of 100, but not of 101.
  • The positive divisors of 6 are 1, 2, 3 and 6.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

An integer that divides another integer an integral number of times, the former being called a divisor of the latter.

A ring element which can be multiplied (by some other ring element) to yield a third ring element, the first being called a divisor of the third. If the ring is noncommutative, then one specifies whether a divisor is left, right, or two-sided.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: broadly

Topics: algebra, mathematics, sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

Any of several kinds of formal object associated to an algebraic variety, scheme, etc., which play a role similar to that of homology or cohomology groups in the study of topological spaces.

An element of the free abelian group on the points of the space.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: algebraic-geometry, geometry, mathematics, sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

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Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

noun

Meaning 5

Any of several kinds of formal object associated to an algebraic variety, scheme, etc., which play a role similar to that of homology or cohomology groups in the study of topological spaces.

A Weil divisor: an element of the free abelian group on the codimension-1 subvarieties (or subschemes).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Qualifier: on a variety (or integral locally Noetherian scheme)

Topics: algebraic-geometry, geometry, mathematics, sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

6

noun

Meaning 6

Any of several kinds of formal object associated to an algebraic variety, scheme, etc., which play a role similar to that of homology or cohomology groups in the study of topological spaces.

A Cartier divisor; see Cartier divisors on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Qualifier: on a variety (or integral Noetherian scheme)

Topics: algebraic-geometry, geometry, mathematics, sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

7

noun

Meaning 7

the number by which a dividend is divided

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: number

Narrower terms: denominator, aliquot, aliquot part, aliquant, aliquant part

8

noun

Meaning 8

one of two or more integers that can be exactly divided into another integer

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • what are the 4 factors of 6?

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: factor

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: integer, whole number

Narrower terms: prime factor, equivalent-binary-digit factor, common divisor, common factor, common measure

History

Etymology

No etymology was provided for this word.

Across languages

Translations

66 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: قَاسِم (qāsim) — arithmetic: a number or expression
  • Arabic: مَقْسُوم عَلَيْهِ (maqsūm ʕalayhi) — arithmetic: a number or expression
  • Armenian: բաժանարար (bažanarar) — arithmetic: a number or expression
  • Asturian: divisor — arithmetic: a number or expression
  • Azerbaijani: bölən — arithmetic: a number or expression
  • Belarusian: дзе́льнік (dzjélʹnik) — arithmetic: a number or expression
  • Bulgarian: дели́тел (delítel) — arithmetic: a number or expression
  • Catalan: divisor — arithmetic: a number or expression
  • Cebuano: tigbahin — arithmetic: a number or expression
  • Chinese Mandarin: 除數 /除数 (chúshù) — arithmetic: a number or expression
  • Czech: dělitel — arithmetic: a number or expression
  • Dutch: deler — arithmetic: a number or expression
  • Esperanto: divizoro — arithmetic: a number or expression
  • Estonian: jagaja — arithmetic: a number or expression
  • Finnish: jakaja — arithmetic: a number or expression
  • French: diviseur — arithmetic: a number or expression
  • Galician: divisor — arithmetic: a number or expression
  • Georgian: გამყოფი (gamq̇opi) — arithmetic: a number or expression
  • German: Divisor — arithmetic: a number or expression
  • German: Teiler — arithmetic: a number or expression
  • Greek: διαιρέτης (diairétis) — arithmetic: a number or expression
  • Hungarian: osztó — arithmetic: a number or expression
  • Icelandic: deilir — arithmetic: a number or expression
  • Indonesian: pembagi — arithmetic: a number or expression
  • Italian: divisore — arithmetic: a number or expression
  • Japanese: 除数 (josū) — arithmetic: a number or expression
  • Korean: 제수 (jesu) — arithmetic: a number or expression
  • Kyrgyz: бөлүүчү (bölüücü) — arithmetic: a number or expression
  • Latvian: dalītājs — arithmetic: a number or expression
  • Lithuanian: daliklis — arithmetic: a number or expression
  • Macedonian: делител (delitel) — arithmetic: a number or expression
  • Malay: pembahagi — arithmetic: a number or expression
  • Māori: tau whakawehe — arithmetic: a number or expression
  • Norwegian Bokmål: divisor — arithmetic: a number or expression
  • Persian: مقسوم علیه (maqsum 'elayh) — arithmetic: a number or expression
  • Persian: بخشیاب (baxšyâb) — arithmetic: a number or expression
  • Polish: dzielnik — arithmetic: a number or expression
  • Portuguese: divisor — arithmetic: a number or expression
  • Romanian: divizor — arithmetic: a number or expression
  • Romanian: împărțitor — arithmetic: a number or expression
  • Russian: дели́тель (delítelʹ) — arithmetic: a number or expression
  • Serbo-Croatian: дѐлитељ — arithmetic: a number or expression
  • Serbo-Croatian: дјѐлитељ — arithmetic: a number or expression
  • Serbo-Croatian: dèlitelj — arithmetic: a number or expression
  • Serbo-Croatian: djèlitelj — arithmetic: a number or expression
  • Slovak: deliteľ — arithmetic: a number or expression
  • Slovene: delitelj — arithmetic: a number or expression
  • Spanish: divisor — arithmetic: a number or expression
  • Swedish: divisor — arithmetic: a number or expression
  • Tagalog: pahati — arithmetic: a number or expression
  • Turkish: bölen — arithmetic: a number or expression
  • Ukrainian: дільни́к (dilʹnýk) — arithmetic: a number or expression
  • Bulgarian: делител (delitel) — integer that divides another integer an integral number of times
  • Danish: divisor — integer that divides another integer an integral number of times
  • Galician: divisor — integer that divides another integer an integral number of times
  • German: Teiler — integer that divides another integer an integral number of times
  • Hungarian: osztó — integer that divides another integer an integral number of times
  • Japanese: 約数 (yakusū) — integer that divides another integer an integral number of times
  • Korean: 약수 (yaksu) — integer that divides another integer an integral number of times
  • Māori: tau whakawehe — integer that divides another integer an integral number of times
  • Polish: dzielnik — integer that divides another integer an integral number of times
  • Romanian: divizor — integer that divides another integer an integral number of times
  • Serbo-Croatian: дѐлитељ — integer that divides another integer an integral number of times
  • Serbo-Croatian: дјѐлитељ — integer that divides another integer an integral number of times
  • Serbo-Croatian: dèlitelj — integer that divides another integer an integral number of times
  • Serbo-Croatian: djèlitelj — integer that divides another integer an integral number of times
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