divisible
adj. B2 Upper Intermediate US //dɪˈvɪzəbəɫ// UK //dɪvˈɪzəbəl// di·vis·i·ble
adj. able to be divided into equal parts or groups. You use this to describe numbers or things that can be split without leaving a remainder.
adj. capable of being divided into equal parts or groups. Often used in mathematical contexts to describe a number that can be divided by another without a remainder.
The number twelve is divisible by three.
The committee decided the budget was divisible into three equal parts for each department.
In modular arithmetic, a number is considered divisible by a given modulus if the remainder of the division is zero, which simplifies many complex calculations in cryptography.
PIE word *dwóh₁ From Middle English divisible, from Old French, from Late Latin divisibilis, from the verb Latin divido.