DIVISIBLE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does divisible mean? 

• DIVISIBLE (adjective)
  The adjective DIVISIBLE has 1 sense:

1. capable of being or liable to be divided or separated

  Familiarity information: DIVISIBLE used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• DIVISIBLE (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Capable of being or liable to be divided or separated

Context example:

the Americans fought a bloody war to prove that their nation is not divisible

Similar:

cleavable (capable of being cleaved)

dissociable; separable; severable (capable of being divided or dissociated)

dissociative (tending to produce dissociation)

dividable (can be divided usually without leaving a remainder)

partible ((of e.g. property) capable of being parted or divided)

Antonym:

indivisible (impossible of undergoing division)

Derivation:

divide (perform a division)

divide (come apart)

divide (make a division or separation)

divide (separate into parts or portions)

 Context examples 

An insertion mutation abnormality can result in a frame shift abnormality if the length of the inserted nucleotide strand is not divisible by three.

(Insertion Mutation Abnormality, NCI Thesaurus)

Garlic plants produce an underground bulb that usually is divisible into 6-20 segments, called cloves.

(Allium sativum, NCI Thesaurus)