DIVISOR Definition & Meaning

divisor

[ dih-vahy-zer ]

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noun

Mathematics.

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

divisor

/ ��ɪˈ��ɪ��ə /

noun

a number or quantity to be divided into another number or quantity (the dividend)
a number that is a factor of another number

divisor

/ ��ĭ-��ī′��ə�� /

A number used to divide another. In the equation 15 ÷ 3 = 5, 3 is the divisor.

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�y��vlog History and Origins

Origin of divisor¹

1425–75; late Middle English < Latin ��ī��ī��ǰ�, one who divides, equivalent to ��ī��ī��- (variant stem of ��ī�� to divide ) + -tor -tor

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As is common in number theory, the conjecture deals with prime numbers that exactly divide a given number—what mathematicians call prime divisors.

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But to keep things like stock splits and changes in its component stocks from distorting the Dow, its administrators created something called the Dow divisor.

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Forty-two is also a “practical” number, which means that any integer between 1 and 42 is the sum of a subset of its distinct divisors.

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The S&P will change what is known as the “Dow divisor,” the number it uses to calculate the Dow’s level.

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Any integer can be factored into prime numbers, its ‘divisors’: for example, 60 = 5 x 3 x 2 x 2.

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