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indivisible

/ˌɪndɪˈvɪzɪbəl/

indivisible adjective: incapable of being divided; atomic.

Adjective

indivisible (not comparable)

  1. Incapable of being divided; atomic.
    • one indivisible point of time1695, C[harles] A[lphonse] du Fresnoy, translated by John Dryden, De Arte Graphica. The Art of Painting, […], London: […] J[ohn] Heptinstall for W. Rogers, […], →OCLC
    • Although the mainland and Taiwan are yet to be reunited, they belong to one and same China, which is an indivisible whole.2014 [2013 June 13], Xi Jinping, “Handle Cross-Straits Relations in the Overall Interests of the Chinese Nation”, in The Governance of China, volume I, Beijing: Foreign Languages Press, →ISBN, →OCLC...
  2. Incapable of being divided by a specific integer without leaving a remainder.

Noun

indivisible (plural indivisibles)

  1. That which cannot be divided or split.
    • By atom, nobody will imagine we intend to express a perfect indivisible, but only the least sort of natural bodies.1644, Kenelme [i.e., Kenelm] Digby, Two Treatises. In the One of which, the Nature of Bodies; in the Other, the Nature of Mans Soule; is Looked into: In Way of Discovery, of the Immortality of...
    • The compoſition of Bodies, whether it be of Diviſibles or Indiviſibles, is a queſtion which must be rank'd with the Indiſſolvibles: For though it hath been attempted by the moſt illuſtrious Wits of all Philoſophick Ages; yet they have done little elſe, but ſhewn their own diviſions to be almoſt as...1661, Joseph Glanvill, chapter V, in The Vanity of Dogmatizing: Or Confidence in Opinions. […], London: […] E. C[otes] for Henry Eversden […], →OCLC, page 53
  2. An infinitely small quantity which is assumed to admit of no further division.

indivisible meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali

indivisible in Hindi

incapable of being divided
अभाज्य abhājya, अभेद्य abhedya
incapable of being divided by a specific integer
अभाज्य abhājya

indivisible in Tamil

பகுக்க முடியாத, பிரிக்க இயலாத, பிரிக்கப்படக்கூடாதவை, பிரிபடா

indivisible in Urdu

غیرمنقسم, ناقابل تقسیم

indivisible in Bengali

indivisible
অখণ্ডনীয় ôkhônḍôniẏô, অখণ্ড্য ôkhônḍô
More languagesFewer languages
indivisible in Kannada
ಅವಿಭಾಜ್ಯ, ಅಖಂಡ, ಅಭಾಜ್ಯ, ಭಾಗಿಸಲಾಗದ
indivisible in Gujarati
અવિભાજ્ય avibhājya

Synonyms of indivisible

Antonyms

Forms of indivisible

pluralindivisibles

Origin of indivisible

PIE word *dwóh₁ From Middle French indivisible, from Late Latin indivisibilis. Equivalent to in- + divisible.

Words formed from indivisible

Questions about indivisible

What does indivisible mean?
Indivisible means incapable of being divided; atomic.
What is indivisible in Hindi?
Indivisible in Hindi is अभाज्य (abhājya), अभेद्य (abhedya). See Indivisible meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is indivisible?
Indivisible can be an adjective or a noun.
How do you pronounce indivisible?
Indivisible is pronounced /ˌɪndɪˈvɪzɪbəl/.

Words near indivisible in the dictionary

  1. indivisibilism
  2. indivisibilist
  3. indivisibilists
  4. indivisibilities
  5. indivisibility
  6. indivisible
  7. indivisibleness
  8. indivisibles
  9. indivisibly
  10. indivision
  11. indivisive

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Adapted from Wiktionary: indivisible (page history and authors); indivisible (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); indivisible (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); অখণ্ডনীয় (Bengali) (page history and authors); indivisible (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); અવિભાજ્ય (Gujarati) (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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