See also: Divisor

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PIE word
*dwóh₁

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divisor (plural divisors)

  1. (arithmetic) A number or expression that another is to be divided by.
    In "42 ÷ 3" the divisor is the 3.
  2. An integer that divides another integer an integral number of times.
    The positive divisors of 6 are 1, 2, 3 and 6.

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Other terms used in arithmetic operations:

Advanced hyperoperations: tetration, pentation, hexation

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Borrowed from Latin dīvīsōrem.

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divisor m (plural divisors)

  1. (arithmetic) divisor (number that another is to be divided by)

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divisor c (singular definite divisoren, plural indefinite divisorer)

  1. (number theory) divisor

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dīvīsor m (genitive dīvīsōris); third declension

  1. divider
  2. distributor (especially of bribes)

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Third-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative dīvīsor dīvīsōrēs
Genitive dīvīsōris dīvīsōrum
Dative dīvīsōrī dīvīsōribus
Accusative dīvīsōrem dīvīsōrēs
Ablative dīvīsōre dīvīsōribus
Vocative dīvīsor dīvīsōrēs

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  • divisor”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • divisor”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • divisor in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • divisor in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
  • divisor”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • divisor”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin

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Etymology edit

Borrowed from Latin dīvīsōrem.

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  • Hyphenation: di‧vi‧sor

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divisor m (plural divisores)

  1. (arithmetic) divisor

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Etymology edit

From Latin divisor.

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  • IPA(key): /dibiˈsoɾ/ [d̪i.β̞iˈsoɾ]
  • Rhymes: -oɾ
  • Syllabification: di‧vi‧sor

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divisor (feminine divisora, masculine plural divisores, feminine plural divisoras)

  1. dividing

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divisor m (plural divisores)

  1. (arithmetic) divisor (number that another is to be divided by)

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