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Divisor

noun

One of two or more integers that can be exactly divided into another integer. Synonym: factor.

The number by which a dividend is divided.

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"Divisor" Quotes from Famous Books

... prescribed that representatives shall be apportioned among the several States according to their respective numbers, and there is no proportion or divisor which, applied to the respective numbers of the States, will yield the number and allotment of representatives proposed ...

— Life And Times Of Washington, Volume 2 • John Frederick Schroeder and Benson John Lossing

... for dividing a given number by any divisor that is within 10 of a power of 10, either way. The 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, ...

— The Life and Letters of Lewis Carroll • Stuart Dodgson Collingwood

... prescribed that Representatives shall be apportioned among the several States according to their respective numbers, and there is no one proportion or divisor which, applied to the respective numbers of the States, will yield the number and allotment of Representatives proposed ...

— A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents - Section 1 (of 4) of Volume 1: George Washington • James D. Richardson

... weight in tons. P working pressure as on gauge. S heating surface, in square feet. D diameter, in feet. L length, in feet. C a constant divisor, depending on the class of riveting, etc. For boilers to Lloyds' rules, and with iron shells having 75 per cent. strength of solid plate, ...

— Scientific American Suppl. No. 299 • Various