indivisible
/ˌɪndɪˈvɪzɪbəl/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.83 in modern English
17
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
5
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "one indivisible point of time"
- "Although the mainland and Taiwan are yet to be reunited, they belong to one and same China, which is an indivisible whole."
- "By atom, nobody will imagine we intend to express a perfect indivisible, but only the least sort of natural bodies."
- "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."
Etymology
PIE word *dwóh₁ From Middle French indivisible, from Late Latin indivisibilis. Equivalent to in- + divisible.