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indivisible en · ADJ

Pronunciation

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• /ˌɪndɪˈvɪzɪbəl/

Etymology

PIE word *dwóh₁ From Middle French indivisible, from Late Latin indivisibilis. Equivalent to in- + divisible.

Meanings

1. (not-comparable) Incapable of being divided; atomic.
   • one indivisible point of time 1695, C[harles] A[lphonse] du Fresnoy, translated by John Dryden, De Arte Graphica. The Art of Painting, […], London: […] J[ohn] Heptinstall for W. Rogers, […], →OCLC:
   • Although the mainland and Taiwan are yet to be reunited, they belong to one and same China, which is an indivisible whole. 2014 [2013 June 13], Xi Jinping, “Handle Cross-Straits Relations in the Overall Interests of the Chinese Nation”, in The Governance of China, volume I, Beijing: Foreign Languages Press, →ISBN, →OCLC, page https://archive.org/details/xijinpingthegovernanceofchinavolume1/page/n260:
2. (not-comparable) Incapable of being divided by a specific integer without leaving a remainder.

Antonyms

incombinable (antonym(s) of “incapable of being combined”) · unmergeable (antonym(s) of “incapable of being combined”) · divisible (antonym(s) of “incapable of being divided, arithmetic”) · uncombinable (antonym(s) of “incapable of being combined”) · ununifiable (antonym(s) of “incapable of being combined”)

Relateds

individual · indivisibleness · indivisibly · indivisibility · indivision

Synonyms

unsplittable

Translations (42)

de unteilbar (incapable of being divided by a specific integer) · hi अभेद्य (incapable of being divided) · is ódeilanlegur (incapable of being divided) · cy anwahanadwy (incapable of being divided) · sv odelbar (incapable of being divided by a specific integer) · ja 割り切れない (incapable of being divided by a specific integer) · ja 分割できない (incapable of being divided) · pt indivisível (incapable of being divided) · bg неделим (incapable of being divided) · de unteilbar (incapable of being divided) · es indiviso (incapable of being divided) · pl niepodzielny (incapable of being divided by a specific integer) · cy diwahân (incapable of being divided) · el αδιαίρετος (incapable of being divided) · ca indivís (incapable of being divided by a specific integer) · hu nem osztható (incapable of being divided by a specific integer) · grc ἀμέριστος (incapable of being divided) · bg неделим (incapable of being divided by a specific integer) · ja 分けられない (incapable of being divided) · ru нераздели́мый (incapable of being divided) · sv odelbar (incapable of being divided) · fi jakamaton (incapable of being divided) · gd do-roinn (incapable of being divided) · it indivisible (incapable of being divided) · ru недели́мый (incapable of being divided) · hu oszthatatlan (incapable of being divided) · es indivisible (incapable of being divided) · grc ἀμερής (incapable of being divided) · nl ondeelbaar (incapable of being divided) · ja 割れない 不可分の (incapable of being divided) · hi अभाज्य (incapable of being divided) · ca indivisible (incapable of being divided) · km អវិភាគីយ (incapable of being divided) · ang untōdǣledlīċ (incapable of being divided) · ga doroinnte (incapable of being divided) · ru недели́мый (incapable of being divided by a specific integer) · ca indivís (incapable of being divided) · fr indivisible (incapable of being divided by a specific integer) · ru неразложи́мый (incapable of being divided) · fi jaoton (incapable of being divided by a specific integer) · is ódeilanlegur (incapable of being divided by a specific integer) · hi अभाज्य (incapable of being divided by a specific integer)

indivisible en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio
• /ˌɪndɪˈvɪzɪbəl/

Etymology

PIE word *dwóh₁ From Middle French indivisible, from Late Latin indivisibilis. Equivalent to in- + divisible.

Meanings

1. That which cannot be divided or split.
   • By atom, nobody will imagine we intend to express a perfect indivisible, but only the least sort of natural bodies. 1644, Kenelme [i.e., Kenelm] Digby, Two Treatises. In the One of which, the Nature of Bodies; in the Other, the Nature of Mans Soule; is Looked into: In Way of Discovery, of the Immortality of Reasonable Soules, Paris: […] Gilles Blaizot, →OCLC:
   • The compoſition of Bodies, whether it be of Diviſibles or Indiviſibles, is a queſtion which must be rank'd with the Indiſſolvibles: For though it hath been attempted by the moſt illuſtrious Wits of all Philoſophick Ages; yet they have done little elſe, but ſhewn their own diviſions to be almoſt as infinite, as ſome ſuppoſe thoſe of their Subject. 1661, Joseph Glanvill, chapter V, in The Vanity of Dogmatizing: Or Confidence in Opinions. […], London: […] E. C[otes] for Henry Eversden […], →OCLC, page 53:
2. An infinitely small quantity which is assumed to admit of no further division.

Forms

Deriveds

method of indivisibles