divisor

[ dih-vahy-zer ]

/ dɪˈvaɪ zər /

Save This Word!

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.

QUIZ

CAN YOU ANSWER THESE COMMON GRAMMAR DEBATES?

There are grammar debates that never die; and the ones highlighted in the questions in this quiz are sure to rile everyone up once again. Do you know how to answer the questions that cause some of the greatest grammar debates?

Question 1 of 7

Which sentence is correct?

His boss, whom he admires, is waiting to meet with him about the big project.

His boss, who he admires, is waiting to meet with him about the big project.

TAKE THE QUIZ TO FIND OUT

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

Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023

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.
Preliminary Specifications: Programmed Data Processor Model Three (PDP-3)|Digital Equipment Corporation
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

Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Scientific definitions for divisor

divisor

[ dĭ-vī′zər ]

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