KJV Dictionary Definition: divisibility

divisibility

DIVISIBILITY, n. L. See Divide. The quality of being divisible; the property of bodies by which their parts or component particles are capable of separation.

divisible

DIVISIBLE, a. S as z. L. See Divide. Capable of division; that may be separated or disunited; separable. Matter is divisible indefinitely.

divisibleness

DIVISIBLENESS, n. Divisibility; capacity of being separated.

division

DIVISION, n. S as z. L. See Divide.

1. The act of dividing or separating into parts, any entire body.

2. The state of being divided.

3. That which divides or separates; that which keeps apart; partition.

4. The part separated from the rest by a partition or line, real or imaginary; as the divisions of a field.

5. A separate body of men; as, communities and divisions of men.

6. A part or distinct portion; as the divisions of a discourse.

7. A part of an army or militia; a body consisting of a certain number of brigades usually two, and commanded by a major general. But the term is often applied to other bodies or portions of an army, as to a brigade, a squadron or a platoon.

8. A part of a fleet, or a select number of ships under a commander, and distinguished by a particular flag or pendant.

9. Disunion; discord; variance; difference.

There was a division among the people. John 7.

10. Space between the notes of music, or the dividing of the tones.

11. Distinction.

I will put a division between my people and thy people. Exodus 8.

12. The separation of voters in a legislative house.

13. In arithmetic, the dividing of a number or quantity into any parts assigned; or the rule by which is found how many times one number is contained in another.

divisive

DIVISIVE, a.

1. Forming division or distribution.

2. Creating division or discord.

Definitions from Webster's American Dictionary of the English Language, 1828.
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