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How to use divisible in a sentence

10 example sentences · adjective, noun

Divisible means capable of being divided or split. Example: “Just as 12 is divisible by 3, so is 48 divisible by 12.”

Examples of divisible by meaning

adjectiveOf an integer, that, when divided by another integer, results in another integer still, thus leaving no remainder.

  • Just as 12 is divisible by 3, so is 48 divisible by 12.

More sentences with divisible

  • The simple question of which numbers are divisible by others leads directly into many deep number-theoretical questions.From the entry number-theoretical
  • The numbers 12 and 18 are commensurable, as both are divisible by 6, while 12 and 19 are incommensurable.From the entry commensurable
  • This disproved Euler's conjecture, as 22 is an even number not divisible by four.2013, Natalia Juristo, Ana M. Moreno, Basics of Software Engineering Experimentation, page 381. From the entry Greco-Latin square
  • According to the new leap rule, leap years are years whose last two digits are divisible by 4.2002, Klaus Mainzer, translated by Josef Eisinger, The Little Book of Time, page 20. From the entry leap day
  • Why would anyone use sixthing when any (N − a²) divisible by 6 would also be divisible by 3?1993, Dead Reckoning: Calculating Without Instruments, page 102. From the entry sixth
  • The urinogenous or ascending nephropathies are divisible into two great groups (a) the hydronephrotic nephropathies and (b) the pyelonephritides.1913, The American Journal of the Medical Sciences, volume 145, page 54. From the entry pyelonephritis
  • A lump of bronze differs from a statue in being homoeomerous; it is divisible into lumps of bronze, whereas the statue is not divisible into statues.1990, Terence Irwin, Aristotle's First Principles. From the entry homoeomerous
  • In the emu, the hippocampal formation was found to be divisible into four longitudinal zones, designated, ventro-dorsad, H 1, H 2, H 3, and H 4.c. 1935, E. Horne Craigie, The Cerebral Hemispheres of the Kiwi and the Emu. From the entry ventro-dorsad
  • For instance, liquids are the most 'combinable' of all bodies — because, of all divisible materials, the liquid is most readily adaptable in shape, unless it be viscous.1922, Aristotle [in translation], De Caelo. From the entry combinable

Meaning of divisible

  1. adjective Capable of being divided or split.
  2. adjective Of an integer, that, when divided by another integer, results in another integer still, thus leaving no remainder.
  3. noun Any substance that can be divided.

Full definition of divisible

Questions about divisible in a sentence

How do you use divisible in a sentence?
Divisible is used as an adjective and noun. For example: “Just as 12 is divisible by 3, so is 48 divisible by 12.”
What is a short sentence with divisible?
“Just as 12 is divisible by 3, so is 48 divisible by 12.”
What does divisible mean?
Divisible means capable of being divided or split.

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