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Divider vs Divisor - What's the difference?

divider | divisor |

As nouns the difference between divider and divisor

is that divider is an object that separates while divisor is a number or expression that another is to be divided by.

divider

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • An object that separates.
  • A device resembling a drawing compass and used to transfer measurements of length.
  • (British, US) The median of a highway or other road where traffic in opposite directions are kept separated.
  • A person who separates or classifies.

    • Verb

    (head)

    • divisor

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (arithmetic) A number or expression that another is to be divided by.
    • In "42 ÷ 3" the divisor is the 3.
  • An integer that divides another integer an integral number of times.
    • The positive divisors of 6 are 1, 2 and 3.

    See also

    * addition, summation: (augend) + (addend) = (summand) + (summand) = (sum, total) * subtraction: (minuend) ? (subtrahend) = (difference) * multiplication: (multiplier) × (multiplicand) = (factor) × (factor) = (product) * division: (dividend) ÷ (divisor) = (quotient), remainder left over if divisor does not divide dividend * denominator

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