divisor

[ dih-vahy-zer ]

/ dɪˈvaɪ zər /

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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.

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Origin of divisor

1425–75; late Middle English <Latin dīvīsor, one who divides, equivalent to dīvīd- (variant stem of dīvidere to divide) + -tor-tor

Words nearby divisor

division of labour, division ring, division sign, divisive, divisiveness, divisor, divo, divorce, divorce court, divorcée, divorcement

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How to use divisor in a sentence

So for a number to be a divisor of 1,400, it had to have between zero and three powers of 2, between zero and two powers of 5 and zero or one power of 7.
Can You Parallel Park Your Car?|Zach Wissner-Gross|October 9, 2020|FiveThirtyEight
The dividend yield overall won’t change, but the dividend per share may be reduced by the same divisor as the split.
Stock splits: Everything investors need to know in light of Apple’s and Tesla’s moves|Anne Sraders|August 31, 2020|Fortune
When mixed with a divisor, such manures are diluted, made less active, and consequently less injurious.
The Elements of Agriculture|George E. Waring
Retaining the same dividend, we try as a divisor the polls for which a county will answer in 1377.
Domesday Book and Beyond|Frederic William Maitland

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.
Amusements in Mathematics|Henry Ernest Dudeney
Totitive, tot′i-tiv, n. a number less than another having with it no common divisor but unity.
Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements)|Various

British Dictionary definitions for divisor

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

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Scientific definitions for divisor

divisor

[ dĭ-vī′zər ]

A number used to divide another. In the equation 15 ÷ 3 = 5, 3 is the divisor.