indivisible
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• adjective
Unable to be divided, separated, or broken into smaller parts.
"Early philosophers believed that matter was composed of tiny, indivisible particles."
Incapable of being divided exactly by another integer without leaving a remainder (in mathematics).
"Seventeen is a prime number because it is indivisible by any positive integer other than one and itself."
• noun
Something that cannot be divided into smaller parts, especially a minute or elementary constituent of matter or an infinitely small geometric element in early calculus.
"Cavalieri's method of indivisibles laid crucial groundwork for the later development of integral calculus."
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Word Origin & Etymology
Borrowed in the early 15th century from Late Latin indivisibilis, formed from the negative prefix in- ('not') and divisibilis ('capable of being divided'), ultimately from the Latin verb dividere ('to divide or force apart').