undivisible

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A form of indivisible — Incapable of being divided; atomic.

Scrabble 17

Meanings

adjectiveundivisible (comparative more undivisible, superlative most undivisible)

comparative more undivisible · superlative most undivisible

  1. alternativenonstandardAlternative form of indivisible.

    [...]; for to adopt such an assumption were, in other words, to admit that the size of the ultimate undivisible particle is null, while it is evident that, if the ultimate particle have no extension, it cannot enter into the composition of an extended body.

    1847, Johann Heinrich Jacob Müller, Principles of physics and meteorology, page 6

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*né
  2. Proto-Indo-European*n̥-
  3. Proto-Germanic*un-
  4. Proto-West Germanic*un-
  5. Old Englishun-
  6. Middle Englishun-
  7. Englishun-
  8. Englishdivisible
  9. Englishundivisible

From un- + divisible.

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APA

undivisible. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/undivisible

MLA

“undivisible.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/undivisible. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “undivisible,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/undivisible.

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