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capable of being split into two or more parts or pieces
easily divisible into enough pieces for everyone
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Just as molecules are composed of atoms, in math, every natural number can be broken down into its prime factors—those that are divisible only by themselves and 1.
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Byzack Savitsky, science.org, 29 July 2024
Accordingly, is also divisible by 2: = 2 where is a natural number.
—Manon Bischoff, Scientific American, 13 June 2024
Leap day is the result of rounding the extra time to be divisible by four, and adds about 45 minutes to every four-year cycle, according to NASA.
—Thomas Goodwin Smith, Baltimore Sun, 29 Feb. 2024
In 1582, Pope Gregory XIII reformed the calendar by specifying that all years divisible by 4 are to be leap years, with the exception of century years, which must be divisible by 400 to be considered leap years.
—Aliza Chasan, CBS News, 1 Jan. 2024
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Byzack Savitsky, science.org, 29 July 2024
Accordingly, is also divisible by 2: = 2 where is a natural number.
—Manon Bischoff, Scientific American, 13 June 2024
Leap day is the result of rounding the extra time to be divisible by four, and adds about 45 minutes to every four-year cycle, according to NASA.
—Thomas Goodwin Smith, Baltimore Sun, 29 Feb. 2024
In 1582, Pope Gregory XIII reformed the calendar by specifying that all years divisible by 4 are to be leap years, with the exception of century years, which must be divisible by 400 to be considered leap years.
—Aliza Chasan, CBS News, 1 Jan. 2024
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“Divisible.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/divisible. Accessed 31 Dec. 2024.
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