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divisor

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English

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PIE word
*dwóh₁

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divisor (plural divisors)

  1. (arithmetic) In an expression involving division, the number by which another number is being divided.
    In "42 ÷ 3" the divisor is the 3.
  2. An integer that divides another integer an integral number of times, the former being called a divisor of the latter.
    10 is a divisor of 100, but not of 101.
    The positive divisors of 6 are 1, 2, 3 and 6.
    1. (algebra, more generally) A ring element which can be multiplied (by some other ring element) to yield a third ring element, the first being called a divisor of the third. If the ring is noncommutative, then one specifies whether a divisor is left, right, or two-sided.
  3. (mathematics, algebraic geometry) Any of several kinds of formal object associated to an algebraic variety, scheme, etc., which play a role similar to that of homology or cohomology groups in the study of topological spaces.
    1. (in the study of Riemann surfaces) An element of the free abelian group on the points of the space.
    2. (on a variety (or integral locally Noetherian scheme)) A Weil divisor: an element of the free abelian group on the codimension-1 subvarieties (or subschemes).
    3. (on a variety (or integral Noetherian scheme)) A Cartier divisor; see   Cartier divisors on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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Other terms used in arithmetic operations:

Advanced hyperoperations: tetration, pentation, hexation

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin dīvīsōrem.

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divisor m (plural divisors)

  1. (arithmetic) divisor (number that another is to be divided by)
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divisor c (singular definite divisoren, plural indefinite divisorer)

  1. (number theory) divisor

Declension

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Declension of divisor
common
gender 		Singular Plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative divisor divisoren divisorer divisorerne
genitive divisors divisorens divisorers divisorernes

Latin

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dīvīsor m (genitive dīvīsōris); third declension

  1. divider
  2. distributor (especially of bribes)

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Third-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative dīvīsor dīvīsōrēs
genitive dīvīsōris dīvīsōrum
dative dīvīsōrī dīvīsōribus
accusative dīvīsōrem dīvīsōrēs
ablative dīvīsōre dīvīsōribus
vocative dīvīsor dīvīsōrēs

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References

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  • “divisor”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “divisor”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • divisor in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • divisor in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • “divisor”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • “divisor”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin dīvīsōrem.

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  • Hyphenation: di‧vi‧sor

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divisor m (plural divisores)

  1. (arithmetic) divisor
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Spanish

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Etymology

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From Latin divisor.

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  • IPA(key): /dibiˈsoɾ/ [d̪i.β̞iˈsoɾ]
  • Rhymes: -oɾ
  • Syllabification: di‧vi‧sor

Adjective

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divisor (feminine divisora, masculine plural divisores, feminine plural divisoras)

  1. dividing

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divisor m (plural divisores)

  1. (arithmetic) divisor (number that another is to be divided by)

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