Meanings
nounlong division (countable and uncountable, plural long divisions)
plural long divisions
- countableuncountablemathematicsA procedure for dividing multidigit numbers, breaking down the division into a series of easier steps.
Lord Harvey is doing his best to find if there be a 'yes' in the world. It would require—what is that rule in arithmetic? ah!—long division, to reckon up the number of refusals he has had this season!
1837, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], “Ranelagh”, in Ethel Churchill: Or, The Two Brides. […], volume III, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC, page 8
Translations
Catalan divisió llarga
- divisió llargaprocedure for dividing multidigit numbers
Dutch staartdeling
- staartdelingprocedure for dividing multidigit numbers
Finnish jakokulma
- jakokulmaprocedure for dividing multidigit numbers
French division posée, division longue
- division poséeprocedure for dividing multidigit numbers
- division longueprocedure for dividing multidigit numbers
German schriftliche Division
- schriftliche Divisionprocedure for dividing multidigit numbers
Italian divisione in colonna, divisione lunga
- divisione in colonnaprocedure for dividing multidigit numbers
- divisione lungaprocedure for dividing multidigit numbers
Portuguese divisão longa
- divisão longaprocedure for dividing multidigit numbers
Spanish división larga
- división largaprocedure for dividing multidigit numbers
Thai การหารยาว
- การหารยาวprocedure for dividing multidigit numbers
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