Divisor

Word DIVISOR
Character 7
Hyphenation di vi sor
Pronunciations /dɪ.ˈvaɪ.zə(ɹ)/

Definitions and meanings of "Divisor"

What do we mean by divisor?

The quantity by which another quantity, the dividend, is to be divided. noun

In arithmetic: A number or quantity by which another number or quantity (the dividend) is divided. noun

A number which, multiplied by an integer quotient, gives another number of which it is said to be a divisor. noun

The number by which the dividend is divided. noun

See under Common, a. noun

A number or expression that another is to be divided by. noun

An integer that divides another integer an integral number of times. noun

One of two or more integers that can be exactly divided into another integer noun

The number by which a dividend is divided noun

A number or expression that another is to be divided by.

An integer that divides another integer an integral number of times.

Synonyms and Antonyms for Divisor

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The word "divisor" in example sentences

The Producitivity Portfolio blog explains how to test to see if your divisor is 0, and if so, display a blank value using something like = IF (D2 = 0,, C2/D2). ❋ Unknown (2008)

The value of this number - known as the index "divisor" - is adjusted regularly to reflect index additions and deletions, share buybacks or issuances, spinoffs and other events that affect a company's market cap. ❋ JOHN HEINZL (2010)

This can be done various ways mathematically, but at Dow Jones it is handled by changing the "divisor" - a number that is divided into the total of the stock prices. ❋ AP Business Writer Joe Bel Bruno (2008)

/: int, int → int: safely divides two integers (returns 1 if divisor is 0) ❋ Unknown (2010)

The basic idea appears to be use multiple running means to identify nodal points in sunspot data, and then to use a cubic fit between points so identified as a divisor for a mean somehow determined at each data point, although it is not quite clear to me what they did from what they have written! ❋ Unknown (2007)

He adds: "And we still divide that total to get the final number, but we use an index divisor, which is adjusted for stock splits and other corporate actions that might distort the continuity of the calculation." ❋ Unknown (2007)

"And we still divide that total to get the final number, but we use an index divisor, which is adjusted for stock splits and other corporate actions that might distort the continuity of the calculation," Mr. Prestbo adds. ❋ Unknown (2007)

And finally, when the election was over and it was time to settle up, a third species of criminal, the so-called divisor, would distribute it. ❋ Robert Harris (2006)

Open and click-through rates declined marginally, because the divisor is the number delivered, not the number sent. ❋ Unknown (2009)

To calculate the DJIA, the current prices of the 30 stocks that make up the index are added and then divided by the Dow divisor, which is constantly modified. ❋ Unknown (2009)

30 Dow components divided by the DJIA divisor, which is currently 0.1255527090. ❋ Unknown (2009)

_principle_ of it is not my discovery, but was sent me by Bertram Collingwood -- a rule for dividing by a divisor which is within 10 of a power of 10, _below_ it. ❋ Stuart Dodgson Collingwood (1903)

A liar, a selfish woman who feels she deserves to be president at any costs, a divisor of races and the Dem Party. ❋ Unknown (2008)

As ronnie said, don't want freedom as the divisor (that would imply that as freedom increases, unschooling decreases.) ❋ Zenmomma (2008)

Given the way things are shaking out now, "nothing beneath them" as a divisor = zero! ❋ Unknown (2009)

Given that the rather complex university-level answer is 'as the divisor approaches zero, the answer approaches infinity', then "inifinity" being "close enough" for a 9 year old must mean expectations for primary school education are way too high these days! ❋ Jeff (2009)

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