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divisor|dɪˈvaɪzə(r)|
Also 5 -er, -our.
[ad. L. dīvīsōr-em, agent-n. from dīvidĕre to divide; perh. in early instances a. F. diviseur (15th c. in Hatz.-Darm.).]
1. Math. A number or quantity by which another is to be divided. (Correlative to dividend.)
c1430Art Nombrynge (E.E.T.S.) 12 The last figure of þe nombre of the dyvyser. Ibid., Yf it happe..þat þe last of the divisor may not so oft be withdraw of the figure above his hede. 14..Mann. & Househ. Exp. 439, clx. roddes is one acre; wher fore he must ever be your devysour. 1674S. Jeake Arith. (1696) 30 This Remain is always less than the Divisor. 1806Hutton Course Math. I. 64 Division of Vulgar Fractions..invert the terms of the divisor, and multiply the dividend by it.
b. A number or quantity that divides another exactly; a measure, factor.
common divisor, a number or quantity that divides each of two or more numbers or quantities without a remainder; = common measure or factor.
1557Recorde Whetst. G ij b, Take any twoo square nombers, that will admitte one diuisor. 1858Todhunter Algebra vi. §106 The term greatest common measure is not very appropriate in Algebra..It would be better to speak of the highest common divisor or of the highest common measure. 1859Barn. Smith Algebra (ed. 6) 290 The Highest Common Divisor of the expressions.
attrib.1817Colebrooke Algebra 229 The divisor quantity.
†2. One who divides; a person appointed to divide property. Obs. rare.
1542Richmond. Wills (Surtees) 31 The iiij men divisores and prycers of this forsayd Inventory. |