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prime number

noun

Meaning

  • Any natural number greater than 1 that cannot be formed by multiplying two smaller natural numbers.

    "The fundamental theorem of arithmetic states that every natural number greater than 1 can be factorized into prime numbers in a way that is unique up to the order in which the factors are written."

  • Any natural number (including 1) that is divisible only by itself and 1.

Synonyms

prime