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divisor
[ dih-vahy-zer ]
noun
, Mathematics.
- a number by which another number, the dividend, is divided.
- a number contained in another given number a certain integral number of times, without a remainder.
divisor
/ dɪˈvaɪzə /
noun
- a number or quantity to be divided into another number or quantity (the dividend)
- a number that is a factor of another number
divisor
/ dĭ-vī′zər /
- A number used to divide another. In the equation 15 ÷ 3 = 5, 3 is the divisor.
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When mixed with a divisor, such manures are diluted, made less active, and consequently less injurious.
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Retaining the same dividend, we try as a divisor the polls for which a county will answer in 1377.
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In arithmetic operations it holds the addend, subtrahend, multiplicand, or divisor.
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Therefore, 179 is the divisor we want, which always leaves a remainder 164 in the case of the original numbers given.
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Totitive, tot′i-tiv, n. a number less than another having with it no common divisor but unity.
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