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INDIVISIBLE
indivisible
(adjective) impossible of undergoing division; āan indivisible union of statesā; āone nation indivisibleā
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
indivisible (not comparable)
Incapable of being divided; atomic.
(arithmetic) Incapable of being divided by a specific integer without leaving a remainder.
Synonyms
• unsplittable
Antonyms
• (incapable of being divided; arithmetic): divisible
• (incapable of being combined): incombinable, uncombinable, unmergeable, ununifiable
Noun
indivisible (plural indivisibles)
That which cannot be divided or split.
(geometry) An infinitely small quantity which is assumed to admit of no further division.
Source: Wiktionary
In`di*vis"i*ble, a. Etym: [L. indivisibilis: cf. F. indivisible. See In- not, and Divisible.]
1. Not divisible; incapable of being divided, separated, or broken; not separable into parts. "One indivisible point of time." Dryden.
2. (Math.)
Definition: Not capable of exact division, as one quantity by another; incommensurable.
In`di*vis"i*ble, n.
1. That which is indivisible. By atom, nobody will imagine we intend to express a perfect indivisible, but only the least sort of natural bodies. Digby.
2. (Geom.)
Definition: An infinitely small quantity which is assumed to admit of no further division. Method of indivisibles, a kind of calculus, formerly in use, in which lines were considered as made up of an infinite number of points; surfaces, as made up of an infinite number of lines; and volumes, as made up of an infinite number of surfaces.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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