Indivisible Meaning
/ˌɪndɪˈvɪzɪbəl/Definition, CEFR level B2, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
adjIncapable of being divided; atomic.
adjIncapable of being divided by a specific integer without leaving a remainder.
Sentence Examples
Thomson found out that atoms are indivisible.
Algeria is one and indivisible.
At that time, astronomy and astrology were still indivisible.
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The nation remained ____ despite strong disagreements between its citizens.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The nation was described as one and ____ during the moving patriotic ceremony last night.
Word Origin & History
PIE word *dwóh₁ From Middle French indivisible, from Late Latin indivisibilis. Equivalent to in- + divisible.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"one indivisible point of time"
— 1695, C[harles] A[lphonse] du Fresnoy, translated by John Dryden, De Arte Graphica. The Art of Painting, […], London: […] J[ohn] Heptinstall for W. Rogers, […], →OCLC:
"Although the mainland and Taiwan are yet to be reunited, they belong to one and same China, which is an indivisible whole."
— 2014 [2013 June 13], Xi Jinping, “Handle Cross-Straits Relations in the Overall Interests of the Chinese Nation”, in The Governance of China, volume I, Beijing: Foreign Languages Press, →ISBN, →OCLC, page https://archive.org/details/xijinpingthegovernanceofchinavolume1/page/n260:
"By atom, nobody will imagine we intend to express a perfect indivisible, but only the least sort of natural bodies."
— 1644, Kenelme [i.e., Kenelm] Digby, Two Treatises. In the One of which, the Nature of Bodies; in the Other, the Nature of Mans Soule; is Looked into: In Way of Discovery, of the Immortality of Reasonable Soules, Paris: […] Gilles Blaizot, →OCLC:
"The compoſition of Bodies, whether it be of Diviſibles or Indiviſibles, is a queſtion which must be rank'd with the Indiſſolvibles: For though it hath been attempted by the moſt illuſtrious Wits of all Philoſophick Ages; yet they have done little elſe, but ſhewn their own diviſions to be almoſt as infinite, as ſome ſuppoſe thoſe of their Subject."
— 1661, Joseph Glanvill, chapter V, in The Vanity of Dogmatizing: Or Confidence in Opinions. […], London: […] E. C[otes] for Henry Eversden […], →OCLC, page 53:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The nation remained ____ despite strong disagreements between its citizens.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The nation was described as one and ____ during the moving patriotic ceremony last night.