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Prime number

an integer that has no integral factors but itself and 1

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Composite number noun · 78% connection

an integer that is divisible without remainder by at least one positive integer other than itself and one

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Congruence noun · 78% connection

the quality of agreeing; being suitable and appropriate

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Congruity noun · 78% connection

the quality of agreeing; being suitable and appropriate

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Congruousness noun · 78% connection

the quality of agreeing; being suitable and appropriate

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Divisibility noun · 78% connection

the quality of being divisible; the capacity to be divided into parts or divided among a number of persons

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Fibonacci number noun · 78% connection

a number in the Fibonacci sequence

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Greatest common divisor noun · 78% connection

the largest integer that divides without remainder into a set of integers

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Greatest common factor noun · 78% connection

the largest integer that divides without remainder into a set of integers

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Highest common factor noun · 78% connection

the largest integer that divides without remainder into a set of integers

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Lcm noun · 78% connection

the smallest multiple that is exactly divisible by every member of a set of numbers; "the least common multiple of 12 and 18 is 36"

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Least common multiple noun · 78% connection

the smallest multiple that is exactly divisible by every member of a set of numbers; "the least common multiple of 12 and 18 is 36"

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Lowest common multiple noun · 78% connection

the smallest multiple that is exactly divisible by every member of a set of numbers; "the least common multiple of 12 and 18 is 36"

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Characteristic noun · 78% connection

the integer part (positive or negative) of the representation of a logarithm; in the expression ‘log 643 = 2.808’ the characteristic i…