subdividableadj.
/ˌsʌbdᵻˈvʌɪdəbl/, U.S. /ˈˌsəbdəˈˌvaɪdəb(ə)l/ rare before 20th cent.
= subdivisible adj.
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the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > separation > action of dividing or divided condition > [adjective] > divided > subdivided > able to be
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subdividable1670
1670 J. Pettus Fodinæ Regales 21 Those Shares subdividable into half and quarter parts.
1747 tr. G. W. Leibniz in tr. Marquis d'Argens New Mem. establishing True Knowl. Mankind I. xii. 231 The smallest corpuscle is actually subdividable to Infinity.
1829 S. Glover Hist. County of Derby I. App. 31 This Society consisted of thirty-six shares, subdividable also into half and quarter parts.
1969 Ecology 50 783 Birds [appear to] act as though the environment is more finely subdivided, or more accurately, subdividable, in tropical forests than in temperate ones.
1983 Proc. National Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 80 1967 Monomeric proteins and sub-units of oligomeric proteins are often subdividable into structural domains.
2002 Wood Design & Building Summer 10/1 The client required a meeting hall for 300 people,..subdividable into four classrooms by sliding wall panels.
2010 Brisbane News (Nexis) 14 July 50 Many older houses are on subdividable land, which is attracting individuals who plan to rejuvenate them.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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