long division

English

Noun

long division (countable and uncountable, plural long divisions)

1. (mathematics) A procedure for dividing multidigit numbers, breaking down the division into a series of easier steps.
   • 1837, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], “Ranelagh”, in Ethel Churchill: Or, The Two Brides. […], volume III, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC, page 8:

     Lord Harvey is doing his best to find if there be a 'yes' in the world. It would require—what is that rule in arithmetic? ah!—long division, to reckon up the number of refusals he has had this season!

Coordinate terms

• short division
• bus stop

Translations

procedure for dividing multidigit numbers

• Dutch: staartdeling (nl) f
• Finnish: jakokulma
• French: division posée f
• German: schriftliche Division f
• Italian: divisione in colonna f
• Portuguese: divisão longa f
• Spanish: división larga f
• Thai: การหารยาว