Definitions for divisor

divisor di·vi·sor

Spelling: [dih-vahy-zer]
IPA: /dɪˈvaɪ zər/

Divisor is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 11 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 12 points.

You can make 105 anagrams from letters in divisor (diiorsv).

Definitions for divisor

noun

  1. a number by which another number, the dividend, is divided.
  2. a number contained in another given number a certain integral number of times, without a remainder.

Origin of divisor

1425-75; late Middle English Latin dīvīsor, one who divides, equivalent to dīvīd- (variant stem of dīvidere to divide) + -tor -tor

Examples for divisor

It is simple division: wealth the dividend, number of children the divisor.

The only number composed only of ones that we know with certainty to have no divisor is 11.

Nobody in the world knows yet whether that number has a divisor or not.

The classification and the divisor do not alter the rule one iota.

What divisor will give 42⁄7 for a quotient, 66 being the dividend?

Every divisor is a gift of God, and corresponds to the months of the year and to the revolution of the universe.

The dividend or product is the area; the divisor or factor is the line.

When the last of the divisor must not be set below the last of the dividend.

Check your result by multiplying the quotient by the divisor.

As the last, but pointing off as many figures in the quotient as the decimal places in the dividend exceed those of the divisor.

Word Value for divisor
Scrable

11

Words with friends

12

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