long division en · NOUN
Meanings
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(countable, uncountable) A procedure for dividing multidigit numbers, breaking down the division into a series of easier steps.
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!
1837, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], “Ranelagh”, in Ethel Churchill: Or, The Two Brides. […], volume III, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC, page 8:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| long divisions | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
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Translations (13)
fr division posée (procedure for dividing multidigit numbers) · pt divisão longa (procedure for dividing multidigit numbers) · gl división longa (procedure for dividing multidigit numbers) · ca divisió llarga (procedure for dividing multidigit numbers) · fi jakokulma (procedure for dividing multidigit numbers) · it divisione in colonna (procedure for dividing multidigit numbers) · th การหารยาว (procedure for dividing multidigit numbers) · it divisione lunga (procedure for dividing multidigit numbers) · de schriftliche Division (procedure for dividing multidigit numbers) · ast división llarga (procedure for dividing multidigit numbers) · nl staartdeling (procedure for dividing multidigit numbers) · es división larga (procedure for dividing multidigit numbers) · fr division longue (procedure for dividing multidigit numbers)