indivisible whole

collocation in English

meaningsofindivisibleandwhole

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indivisible
adjective
uk
/ˌɪn.dɪˈvɪz.ə.bəl/us
/ˌɪn.dɪˈvɪz.ə.bəl/
not able to be separated from something else or into ...
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whole
noun[C usually singular]
uk
/həʊl/us
/hoʊl/
a ...
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(Definition ofindivisibleandwholefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Mathematical science is in my opinion anindivisiblewhole, an organism whose vitality is conditioned upon the connection of its parts.
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Rather, the feeling is experienced as a completeindivisiblewhole.
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The cosmic, social, and bodily elements are given here as anindivisiblewhole.
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What we really want is to treat education as anindivisiblewhole.
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We are anindivisiblewhole, as ever.
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We have created enormous difficulties for ourselves in setting up a machinery which almost automatically and instinctively separates these two components of what should be oneindivisiblewhole.
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As will be seen, the thought behind this proposal is that the problem of new development along the river should be considered as anindivisiblewhole.
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Nature forms the child as anindivisiblewhole, as a vital organic unity with many sided moral, mental, and physical capacities.
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Melody, tonality, rhythm and orchestral timbres work together to form anindivisiblewhole.
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The individual is anindivisiblewhole, born, reared, and living in specific familial, social, and cultural contexts.
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But to him religion and life were oneindivisiblewhole.
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The two entities form anindivisiblewholecalled "gongen" and in theory should have equal standing, but in history this was not always the case.
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He considers in detail various physiological systems of a wide variety of animals, but attributes theindivisiblewholeof an organism to the presence of a soul.
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What integral awareness notices is that though we may utilize categorical thinking for various purposes, we also have the realization that time is anindivisiblewhole.
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