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divisor

UK/dɪˈvaɪ.zə(ɹ)//dɪˈvaɪ.zɚ/

divisor noun: in an expression involving division, the number by which another number is being divided.

Noun

divisor (plural divisors)

  1. In an expression involving division, the number by which another number is being divided.
    • In "42 ÷ 3" the divisor is the 3.
  2. An integer that divides another integer an integral number of times, the former being called a divisor of the latter.
    • 10 is a divisor of 100, but not of 101.
    • The positive divisors of 6 are 1, 2, 3 and 6.
    1. (broadly) 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.
  3. An element of the free abelian group on the points of the space.
  4. (on a variety (or integral locally Noetherian scheme)) A Weil divisor: an element of the free abelian group on the codimension-1 subvarieties (or subschemes).
  5. (on a variety (or integral Noetherian scheme)) A Cartier divisor; see Cartier divisors on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

divisor meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Sanskrit and Tagalog

divisor in Hindi

divisor, factor
अपवर्तक apvartak

divisor in Tamil

வகுக்கும் எண்

divisor in Sanskrit

a divisor
हर hara
the divisor, denominator
छिद् chid

divisor in Tagalog

arithmetic: a number or expression
pahati
More languagesFewer languages
divisor in Arabic
قَاسِم qāsim, مَقْسُوم عَلَيْهِ maqsūm ʕalayhi
divisor in Malay
pembahagi
divisor in Indonesian
pembagi
divisor in Persian
مقسوم علیه maqsum 'elayh, بخشیاب baxšyâb

Examples of divisor in a sentence

  • The greatest common divisor of 66, 30 and 18 is 6.
  • The set of divisors of 30, with binary operators: g.c.d. and l.c.m., unary operator: division into 30, and identity elements: 1 and 30, forms a Boolean algebra.
  • If R is non-trivial and has no zero divisors, then it is called an integral domain.

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Forms of divisor

pluraldivisors

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Phrases with divisor

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Questions about divisor

What does divisor mean?
Divisor means in an expression involving division, the number by which another number is being divided.
What is divisor in Hindi?
Divisor in Hindi is अपवर्तक (apvartak). See Divisor meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is divisor?
Divisor is a noun.
How do you pronounce divisor?
Divisor is pronounced /dɪˈvaɪ.zə(ɹ)/ (UK).
What is the plural of divisor?
The plural of divisor is divisors.

Words near divisor in the dictionary

  1. divisiveness
  2. divisivenesses
  3. diviso
  4. divisome
  5. divisomes
  6. divisor
  7. divisor function
  8. divisor functions
  9. Divisoria
  10. divisorial
  11. divisors

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Adapted from Wiktionary: divisor (page history and authors); अपवर्तक (Hindi) (page history and authors); divisor (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); छिद् (Sanskrit) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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