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[Lat.] Arith .: That number by which a dividend is divided; the number which shows into how many parts the dividend is to be divided. [DIVIDEND, A. II. 1; DIVISION, II. 2.] di-vör çe, *de-vorse, *di-vorse, s . [Fr., from Latin divortium = a separating, a divorce, from divorto ( diver to )=to turn away, to separate: di = dis away, apart, and vor to ( ver to ) =to turn; Sp. & Port. divorcio : Ital. divorzio .] I. Ordinary Language: 1. Lit.: In the same sense as II. 2. Figuratively: di-viş-i-bil-1-ty, s. [Fr. divisibilité , from Lat. divisibilis , from divis us , pa. par. of divi do to divide (q. v.).] The quality of being divisible or capable of division; the property of being capable of the Divisor, the second the Dividend, and the third separated or divided into an infinite number of parts. 2. Arith .: The operation of finding from two quantities a third which when multiplied by the first shall produce the second. The first is called closely connected or united. "The most palpable absurdities will pre the a erters of infinite divisibility ." ch. v. Glanvill: Scepsis Scientific a,