Divisor Definition

dĭ-vīzər
divisors
noun
divisors
The number or quantity by which the dividend is divided to produce the quotient.
Webster's New World
A number used to divide another. In the equation 15 ÷ 3 = 5, 3 is the divisor.
American Heritage Science
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A number that Dow Jones & Company uses to compute the value of the Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA). The value of the 30 DJIA stocks are divided by the divisor to arrive at the DJIA. The divisor changes as stock splits occur. The divisor is reported daily in the Wall Street Journal.
Webster's New World Finance
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Other Word Forms of Divisor

Noun

Singular:
divisor
Plural:
divisors

Divisor Sentence Examples

  • Division was accomplished by multiplying the divisor until the dividend was reached; the answer being the number of times the divisor was so multi- I plied.

  • The original dividend is written as 0987063, since its initial figures are greater than those of the divisor; if the dividend had commenced with (e.g.) 3.

  • To calculate the greatest common divisor of two integers and of two polynomials over a field.

  • As we keep lowering the divisor, more parties will get seats, more seats will be awarded.

  • An upper bound d for the highest power of p appearing in an elementary divisor of A must be given.

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RORSOR

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