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WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. one of two or more integers that can be exactly divided into another integer; "what are the 4 factors of 6?" [syn: factor ] the number by which a dividend is divided
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
early 15c., Latin agent noun from dividere (see divide (v.)).
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
In mathematics a divisor of an integer n , also called a factor of n , is an integer that can be multiplied by some other integer to produce n . An integer n is divisible by another integer m if m is a factor of n , so that dividing n by m leaves no remainder. ...
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Divisor \Di*vi"sor\, n. [L., fr. dividere. See Divide .] (Math.) The number by which the dividend is divided. Common divisor . (Math.) See under Common , a.
Usage examples of divisor.
The teacher was covered with chalkdust and the blackboards were covered with simple additions and subtractions, by multiplicands, multipliers, and products, by dividends, divisors, and quotients.
This same number, viewed a bit differently, was a special element in the set of positive integers, being a mathematically perfect number, equal to the sum of its divisors.
Notation by sixty also had the advantage over the decimal system in all work involving fractions because sixty has more divisors than ten.
For example, six is the first "perfect" number, equal to the sum of its divisors (1 + 2 + 3).
This common divisor he found to be 1 - 1440 of a dollar, or 1 - 1600 of the crown sterling.
What their ignorance left out of account -- and mine too, which saw no reply to their objection -- was a technical breakthrough he'd recently achieved and was about to put to use: a precision honing device he called the Infinite Divisor.
In that equation, Vretha, you are a divisor, a liability, because the Visionists have managed to put your face on their attacks.