| 单词 | highest common factor |
| 释义 | > as lemmashighest common factor highest common factor n. Mathematics the highest whole number that can be divided exactly into each of two or more given numbers; also in extended use and figurative; abbreviated H.C.F.Also called greatest common divisor, greatest common measure. ΚΠ 1830 G. Peacock Treat. Algebra 126 We may divide or multiply either A or B, by a factor which is not common to both, or which has no divisor common to both, without affecting the dimensions or form of their highest common factor. 1881 G. A. Wentworth Elem. Algebra vii. 88 The Highest Common Factor of two or more expressions is the product of all the factors common to the two expressions. 1932 R. A. Knox Broadcast Minds i. 9 Since the time of the ill-fated Cowper-Temple clause we have given up trying to solve ecclesiastical disputes on the principle of the Highest Common Factor. 2010 Times (Nexis) 29 May 128 The common factors of 12 and 18 are 1, 2, 3 and 6; the highest common factor is 6. < as lemmas |
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