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L.C.M.

or l.c.m.

abbreviation for

  1. least common multiple; lowest common multiple.


lcm

abbreviation for

  1. lowest common multiple
“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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Example Sentences

Bergmann, Marcus S., convert of the L.J.S., is well-known as a missionary of the L.C.M. and translator of the Bible into Yiddish.

Least Common Multiple, or L.C.M., of two numbers, is the least number of which they are both factors.

Thus, since 144 = 24�32, and 756 = 22�33�7, the L.C.M. of 144 and 756 is 24�33�7.

It is clear, from comparison with the last paragraph, that the product of the G.C.D. and the L.C.M. of two numbers is equal to the product of the numbers themselves.

This gives a rule for finding the L.C.M. of two numbers.

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