divisor

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /dɪ.ˈvaɪ.zə(ɹ)/
• (US) enPR: dĭ-vīʹ-zər, IPA^(key): /dɨ.ˈvaɪ.zɚ/

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  • Homophone: diviser
• Rhymes: -aɪzə(r)

Noun

divisor (plural divisors)

1. (arithmetic) A number or expression that another is to be divided by.

   In "42 ÷ 3" the divisor is the 3.

2. An integer that divides another integer an integral number of times.

   The positive divisors of 6 are 1, 2 and 3.

See also

• addition, summation: (augend) + (addend) = (summand) + (summand) = (sum, total)
• subtraction: (minuend) − (subtrahend) = (difference)
• multiplication: (multiplier) × (multiplicand) = (factor) × (factor) = (product)
• division: (dividend) ÷ (divisor) = (quotient), remainder left over if divisor does not divide dividend
• denominator

Anagrams

• Vidrios, viroids

Etymology

From Latin divisor.

Noun

divisor m (plural divisors)

1. (arithmetic) divisor (number that another is to be divided by)

Further reading

• “divisor” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Noun

divisor c (singular definite divisoren, plural indefinite divisorer)

1. (number theory) divisor

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /diːˈwiː.sor/, [diːˈwiː.sɔr]

Noun

dīvīsor m (genitive dīvīsōris); third declension

1. divider
2. distributor (especially of bribes)

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, 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

Etymology

From Latin divisor.

Noun

divisor m (plural divisores)

1. (arithmetic) divisor

Etymology

From Latin divisor.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dibiˈsoɾ/, [d̪iβiˈsoɾ]

Adjective

divisor (feminine singular divisora, masculine plural divisores, feminine plural divisoras)

1. dividing

Noun

divisor m (plural divisores)

1. (arithmetic) divisor (number that another is to be divided by)

Further reading

• “divisor” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.