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Divisibility vs Division - What's the difference?

divisibility | division |

Division is a related term of divisibility.



In uncountable terms the difference between divisibility and division

is that divisibility is the state of being divisible. The state capable of being divided while division is the act or process of dividing anything.

In arithmetic terms the difference between divisibility and division

is that divisibility is the property of being divisible by a particular integer while division is a calculation that involves this process.

divisibility

English

Noun

(-)
  • (uncountable) The state of being divisible. The state capable of being divided.
  • (arithmetic) The property of being divisible by a particular integer.

    • Related terms

    *divide *divisible

    Antonyms

    *combinability?state capable of being combined? *mergeability?state capable of being merged? *indivisibility?state incapable of being divided?

    division

    English

    (wikipedia division)

    Noun

  • (uncountable) The act or process of dividing anything.
  • Each of the separate parts of something resulting from division.
  • (arithmetic, uncountable) The process of dividing a number by another.
  • (arithmetic) A calculation that involves this process.
    • I've got ten divisions to do for my homework.
  • (military) A formation, usually made up of two or three brigades.
  • A section of a large company.
  • (biology, taxonomy) A rank (Latin divisio ) below kingdom and above class, particularly used of plants]] or [[fungus, fungi, also (particularly of animals) called a phylum; a taxon at that rank
    • Magnolias belong to the division Magnoliophyta.
  • A disagreement; a difference of viewpoint between two sides of an argument.
  • (music) A florid instrumental variation of a melody in the 17th and 18th centuries, originally conceived as the dividing of each of a succession of long notes into several short ones.
  • (music) A set of pipes in a pipe organ which are independently controlled and supplied.
  • (legal) A concept whereby a common group of debtors are only responsible for their proportionate sum of the total debt.
  • (computing) Any of the four major parts of a COBOL program source code
  • (UK, Eton College) A lesson; a class.

    • Derived terms

    * divisional * division of labour * data division * environment division * identification division * procedure division * (military) square division * (military) triangular division

    Related terms

    * divide * dividend * divisive * divisor * divisible * divisibility * *

    Synonyms

    * split, lith

    Antonyms

    * (making of one thing into two or more things) combination, fusion, merger, unification * multiplication

    See also

    * separation * 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 * fraction * numerator ----