long division
English
Noun
long division (countable and uncountable, plural long divisions)
- (mathematics) A procedure for dividing multidigit numbers, breaking down the division into a series of easier steps.
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- 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!
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procedure for dividing multidigit numbers
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