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# indivisible

«indivisible» in Mova's school dictionary: **Not able to be divided or separated into parts** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

adjective (indivisible)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Not able to be divided or separated into parts. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/indivisible/#m1)

2) (maths) Not able to be divided exactly by a certain number without a remainder: 7 is indivisible by 2. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/indivisible/#m2)

3) (formal) So closely joined that they act as one: «one nation… indivisible» in the US Pledge of Allegiance. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/indivisible/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In maths lessons, «indivisible by» means there is a remainder: 9 is indivisible by 4. A prime number is indivisible by any number except 1 and itself. In US schools children say «one nation under God, indivisible…» in the Pledge of Allegiance. In science, atoms were once thought indivisible. Phrases: indivisible by, one and indivisible.

### examples

- Seven is indivisible by two; there is always one left over. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/indivisible/#x1)
- A prime number is indivisible except by one and itself. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/indivisible/#x2)
- The friends were indivisible; you never saw one without the other. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/indivisible/#x3)
- People once thought atoms were indivisible, but they have smaller parts. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/indivisible/#x4)
- «One nation, indivisible» is a line from the US Pledge of Allegiance. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/indivisible/#x5)
- Is 15 indivisible by 4? Yes, because 15 ÷ 4 leaves a remainder of 3. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/indivisible/#x6)

### note

Opposite: «divisible». Maths: «a is indivisible by b» = a ÷ b leaves a remainder. Careful: everything can be divided as a fraction (7 ÷ 2 = 3.5); «indivisible» in maths means not into whole numbers exactly.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «indivisible» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/indivisible/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.