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1. Not divisible; incapable of being divided, separated, or broken; not separable into parts. "One indivisible point of time."
2. <mathematics> Not capable of exact division, as one quantity by another; incommensurable.
Origin: L. Indivisibilis: cf. F. Indivisible. See In- not, and Divisible.
1. That which is indivisible. "By atom, nobody will imagine we intend to express a perfect indivisible, but only the least sort of natural bodies." (Digby)
2. <geometry> An infinitely small quantity which is assumed to admit of no further division. Method of indivisibles, a kind of calculus, formerly in use, in which lines were considered as made up of an infinite number of points; surfaces, as made up of an infinite number of lines; and volumes, as made up of an infinite number of surfaces.
(01 Mar 1998)
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