Word Meanings - DIVISIBLE - Book Publishers vocabulary database

Capable of being divided or separated. Extended substance . . . is divisible into parts. Sir W. Hamilton. Divisible contract , a contract containing agreements one of which can be separated from the other. -- Divisible offense , an offense

Additional info about word: DIVISIBLE

Capable of being divided or separated. Extended substance . . . is divisible into parts. Sir W. Hamilton. Divisible contract , a contract containing agreements one of which can be separated from the other. -- Divisible offense , an offense containing a lesser offense in one of a greater grade, so that on the latter there can be an acquittal, while on the former there can be a conviction. -- Di*vis"i*ble*ness, n. -- Di*vis"i*bly, adv.

Possible synonyms: (Same meaning words of DIVISIBLE)

• Separable
• Dissoluble
• removable
• movable
• distinguishable
• accidental
• divisible
• Soluble
• discerptible
• dissoluble

Related words: (words related to DIVISIBLE)

• ACCIDENTALLY
  In an accidental manner; unexpectedly; by chance; unintentionally; casually; fortuitously; not essentially.
• MOVABLE
  1. Capable of being moved, lifted, carried, drawn, turned, or conveyed, or in any way made to change place or posture; susceptible of motion; not fixed or stationary; as, a movable steam engine. 2. Changing from one time to another; as, movable
• DIVISIBLE
  Capable of being divided or separated. Extended substance . . . is divisible into parts. Sir W. Hamilton. Divisible contract , a contract containing agreements one of which can be separated from the other. -- Divisible offense , an offense
• DISSOLUBLE
  1. Capable of being dissolved; having its parts separable by heat or moisture; convertible into a fluid. Woodward. 2. Capable of being disunited.
• DISTINGUISHABLE
  1. Capable of being distinguished; separable; divisible; discernible; capable of recognition; as, a tree at a distance is distinguishable from a shrub. A simple idea being in itself uncompounded . . . is not distinguishable into different ideas.
• SEPARABLE
  Capable of being separated, disjoined, disunited, or divided; as, the separable parts of plants; qualities not separable from the substance in which they exist. -- Sep"a*ra*ble*ness, n. -- Sep"a*ra*bly, adv. Trials permit me not to doubt of the
• DISTINGUISHABLENESS
  The quality of being distinguishable.
• ACCIDENTALNESS
  The quality of being accidental; casualness.
• SOLUBLENESS
  Quality or state of being soluble.
• ACCIDENTALITY
  The quality of being accidental; accidentalness. Coleridge.
• REMOVABLE
  Admitting of being removed. Ayliffe. -- Re*mov`a*bil"i*ty (-, n.
• ACCIDENTALISM
  Accidental character or effect. Ruskin.
• DISSOLUBLENESS
  The quality of being dissoluble; dissolubility. Boyle.
• MOVABLENESS
  The quality or state of being movable; mobility; susceptibility of motion.
• ACCIDENTAL
  1. Happening by chance, or unexpectedly; taking place not according to the usual course of things; casual; fortuitous; as, an accidental visit. 2. Nonessential; not necessary belonging; incidental; as, are accidental to a play. Accidental chords
• SOLUBLE
  1. Susceptible of being dissolved in a fluid; capable of solution; as, some substances are soluble in alcohol which are not soluble in water. Sugar is . . . soluble in water and fusible in fire. Arbuthnot. 2. Susceptible of being solved; as, a
• INDISTINGUISHABLE
  Not distinguishable; not capable of being perceived, known, or discriminated as separate and distinct; hence, not capable of being perceived or known; as, in the distance the flagship was indisguishable; the two copies were indisguishable in form
• INDIVISIBLE
  Not capable of exact division, as one quantity by another; incommensurable. (more info) 1. Not divisible; incapable of being divided, separated, or broken; not separable into parts. "One indivisible point of time." Dryden.
• INSOLUBLENESS
  The quality or state of being insoluble; insolubility. Boyle.
• IRREMOVABLE
  Not removable; immovable; inflexible. Shak. -- Ir`re*mov"a*bly, adv.
• IRRESOLUBLENESS
  The state or quality of being irresoluble; insolubility.
• INSOLUBLE
  loosed: cf. F. insoluble. See In- not, and Soluble, and cf. 1. Not soluble; in capable or difficult of being dissolved, as by a liquid; as, chalk is insoluble in water. 2. Not to be solved or explained; insolvable; as, an insoluble doubt, question,
• SUBDIVISIBLE
  Susceptible of subdivision.
• IMMOVABLE
  Not liable to be removed; permanent in place or tenure; fixed; as, an immovable estate. See Immovable, n. Blackstone. Immovable apparatus , an appliance, like the plaster of paris bandage, which keeps fractured parts firmly in place. -- Immovable
• AMOVABLE
  Removable.
• DISCERPIBLE; DISCERPTIBLE
  Capable of being discerped.
• UNSEPARABLE
  Inseparable. "In love unseparable." Shak.
• UNMOVABLE
  Immovable. "Steadfast, unmovable." 1 Cor. xv. 58. Locke.