as in separable
capable of being split into two or more parts or pieces
easily divisible into enough pieces for everyone
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Recent Examples of divisible
Cracking the code to prime numbers, figures only divisible by one and itself, means access to any computer across the globe.
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Kalia Richardson, Rolling Stone, 13 Jan. 2025
Then list all the numbers that aren’t divisible by those primes.
—Joseph Howlett, Quanta Magazine, 11 Dec. 2024
The primes — numbers that are only divisible by themselves and 1 — are the most fundamental building blocks in math.
—Joseph Howlett, Quanta Magazine, 11 Dec. 2024
Newman also found that some age databases contain unusual numbers of people born on the first day of the month or on dates divisible by five, suggesting many of these birth dates are fabricated.
—science.org, 21 Nov. 2024
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Kalia Richardson, Rolling Stone, 13 Jan. 2025
Then list all the numbers that aren’t divisible by those primes.
—Joseph Howlett, Quanta Magazine, 11 Dec. 2024
The primes — numbers that are only divisible by themselves and 1 — are the most fundamental building blocks in math.
—Joseph Howlett, Quanta Magazine, 11 Dec. 2024
Newman also found that some age databases contain unusual numbers of people born on the first day of the month or on dates divisible by five, suggesting many of these birth dates are fabricated.
—science.org, 21 Nov. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for divisible
separable
Adjective
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If, however, the service is part of a gym or other fitness center package that isn’t separable, there’s no tax payable.—
Kelly Phillips Erb,
Forbes.com,
23 May 2025
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An actor’s performance will be separable from his appearance; that is, an actor will be able to play any character—short, tall, old, or young.—
IEEE Spectrum,
IEEE Spectrum,
27 May 2014
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“Divisible.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/divisible. Accessed 4 Jun. 2025.
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