- common multiple
- common multiplen.Math. a number or quantity evenly divisible by each element of a given set [12 is a common multiple of the set 2, 3, 4, 6]
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Common multiple — Common Com mon, a. [Compar. {Commoner}; superl. {Commonest}.] [OE. commun, comon, OF. comun, F. commun, fr. L. communis; com + munis ready to be of service; cf. Skr. mi to make fast, set up, build, Goth. gamains common, G. gemein, and E. mean low … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
common multiple — Multiple Mul ti*ple, n. (Math.) A quantity containing another quantity an integral number of times without a remainder. [1913 Webster] Note: A {common multiple} of two or more numbers contains each of them a number of times exactly; thus, 24 is a … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
common multiple — noun Date: circa 1823 a multiple of each of two or more numbers or expressions < 90 is a common multiple of 6 and 10 > … New Collegiate Dictionary
common multiple — Math. a number that is a multiple of all the numbers of a given set. [1885 90] * * * … Universalium
least common multiple — Multiple Mul ti*ple, n. (Math.) A quantity containing another quantity an integral number of times without a remainder. [1913 Webster] Note: A {common multiple} of two or more numbers contains each of them a number of times exactly; thus, 24 is a … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
common multiple — noun A number which is the result of multiplying two or more whole numbers together … Wiktionary
Least common multiple — In arithmetic and number theory, the least common multiple (also called the lowest common multiple or smallest common multiple) of two integers a and b, usually denoted by LCM(a, b), is the smallest positive integer that is a multiple of both a… … Wikipedia
least common multiple — noun Date: 1823 1. the smallest common multiple of two or more numbers 2. the common multiple of lowest degree of two or more polynomials … New Collegiate Dictionary
least common multiple — n. the smallest positive whole number that is exactly divisible by two or more given whole numbers [the least common multiple of 4, 5, and 10 is 20] * * * … Universalium
lowest common multiple — Math. the smallest number that is a common multiple of a given set of numbers. Also called least common multiple. [1920 25] * * * … Universalium
lowest common multiple — noun Date: 1873 least common multiple … New Collegiate Dictionary
