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common divisor
noun
, Mathematics.
- a number that is a submultiple of all the numbers of a given set.
common divisor
common divisor
- A number that is a factor of two or more numbers. For example, 3 is a common divisor of both 9 and 15.
- Also called common factor
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Word History and Origins
Origin of common divisor1
First recorded in 1840–50
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Example Sentences
Totitive, tot′i-tiv, n. a number less than another having with it no common divisor but unity.
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The reader probably never has had occasion to compute a greatest common divisor since he left school.
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Divide the number of harness into two parts, which must neither be equal nor have a common divisor.
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The greatest common divisor of all the elements in the nation's political consciousness today is inevitably a Mr. Harding.
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The Executive is the greatest common divisor of a diverse society.
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