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divisibility|dɪvɪzɪˈbɪlɪtɪ| [f. next + -ity: cf. F. divisibilité (15th c. in Godef. Suppl.).] 1. The quality of being divisible; capacity of being divided into parts, or among a number of persons.
1644Digby Nat. Bodies ii. viii. (1645) 15 Divisibility, or a capacity to be divided into partes. 1691Norris Pract. Disc. 52 That endless..Controversy concerning..the infinite Divisibility of Quantity. 1710Berkeley Princ. Hum. Knowl. §47 The infinite divisibility of Matter is now universally allowed. 1831Lardner Pneumat. iii. 237 Numerous physical analogies favour the conclusion, that the divisibility of matter has a limit. 2. Math. Capacity of being divided without remainder. |