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greatest common divisor

noun

  1. the largest number that is a common divisor of a given set of numbers. : G.C.D.


greatest common divisor

noun

  1. another name for highest common factor
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of greatest common divisor1

First recorded in 1920–25
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Example Sentences

The reader probably never has had occasion to compute a greatest common divisor since he left school.

The greatest common divisor of all the elements in the nation's political consciousness today is inevitably a Mr. Harding.

The Executive is the greatest common divisor of a diverse society.

It took the 145mind off the finding of the Greatest Common Divisor.

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