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English
Pronunciation
Noun
divisor (plural divisors)
- (arithmetic) A number or expression that another is to be divided by.
- In "42 ÷ 3" the divisor is the 3.
- An integer that divides another integer an integral number of times.
- The positive divisors of 6 are 1, 2, 3 and 6.
Derived terms
Translations
arithmetic: a number or expression
integer that divides another integer an integral number of times
See also
Other terms used in arithmetic operations:
Advanced hyperoperations: tetration, pentation, hexation
Anagrams
Catalan
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin dīvīsōrem.
Pronunciation
Noun
divisor m (plural divisors)
- (arithmetic) divisor (number that another is to be divided by)
Related terms
Further reading
Danish
Noun
divisor c (singular definite divisoren, plural indefinite divisorer)
- (number theory) divisor
Declension
Latin
Pronunciation
Noun
dīvīsor m (genitive dīvīsōris); third declension
- divider
- distributor (especially of bribes)
Declension
Third-declension noun.
Descendants
References
- “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
Portuguese
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin dīvīsōrem.
Pronunciation
Noun
divisor m (plural divisores)
- (arithmetic) divisor
Related terms
Spanish
Etymology
From Latin divisor.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /dibiˈsoɾ/
- Rhymes: -oɾ
- Syllabification: di‧vi‧sor
Adjective
divisor (feminine divisora, masculine plural divisores, feminine plural divisoras)
- dividing
Noun
divisor m (plural divisores)
- (arithmetic) divisor (number that another is to be divided by)
Derived terms
Further reading