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单词 to divide by
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to divide by
d. To this may perhaps be referred the arithmetical phrases, to multiply by, to divide by (although by is now associated with the agent or factor); also the elliptically by = ‘multiplied by’ in measurements of surface or content.
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a1400 ( G. Chaucer Treat. Astrolabe (St. John's Cambr. E. 2) (1872) ii. §42 b. 59 Ȝif þou deuide 144 be 3.
a1400 ( G. Chaucer Treat. Astrolabe (St. John's Cambr. E. 2) (1872) ii. §41 a. 57 Multiplie þat be 12.
1581 T. Styward Pathwaie to Martiall Discipline i. 23 Then deuide the product by 1000.
1614 W. Bedwell De Numeris Geometricis iv. 65 I square the quotient 2, that is, I multiply it by it selfe.
1753 Chambers's Cycl. Suppl. at Multiplication It is easy to conceive a quantity of any kind multiplied by a number.
1859 B. Smith Arith. & Algebra (ed. 6) 194 The former of these quantities is to be divided by the latter.
1731 J. Swift Corr. II. 690 Adjoining the kitchen may be made one room of 18 feet by 18.1771 O. Goldsmith Haunch of Venison 68 A chair-lumber'd closet, just twelve feet by nine.1865 Cornhill Mag. Jan. 60 An open water sixteen miles long by three broad.
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