🇰🇷Korean Source WordCode: KO

제수

Pronunciation / Transliteration: jesu

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Divisor/dɪˈvaɪ.zər/
nounCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #8500 frequency
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🇰🇷 Example Sentence in Korean:

"나눗셈에서 제수는 0이 될 수 없습니다."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    A number by which another number (the dividend) is divided.

    "In the equation twelve divided by four equals three, four is the divisor."
  2. 2

    A factor of a number that divides it evenly without leaving a remainder.

    "The divisors of six include one, two, three, and six."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the Late Latin word divisor, meaning 'one who divides', from the Latin verb dividere. It entered the English language in the late 14th century via Old French, initially retaining its general sense of a divider before specializing primarily in mathematical contexts.

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