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prime number

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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun A positive integer that is greater than 1 and is not divisible without a remainder by any positive integer other than itself and 1.

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  • noun number theory Any natural number greater than 1 divisible only by itself and 1.

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  • noun an integer that has no integral factors but itself and 1

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synonyms (1)

Words with the same meaning

  1. prime

antonyms (1)

Words with the opposite meaning

  1. composite number

hypernyms (2)

Words that are more generic or abstract

  1. prime
  2. prime quantity

relateds (4)

relateds

  1. primality
  2. prime
  3. prime factor
  4. prime factorization

cross-references (2)

Cross-references

  1. divisor
  2. factor

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  • oroboros commented on the word prime number

    Prime numbers are the "atoms" of the number continuum--divisible only by 1 or by themselves. See sieve for a link to see one way they're found.

    February 14, 2007