COMMON DIVISOR

Pronunciation (US):

 Dictionary entry overview: What does common divisor mean? 

• COMMON DIVISOR (noun)
  The noun COMMON DIVISOR has 1 sense:

1. an integer that divides two (or more) other integers evenly

  Familiarity information: COMMON DIVISOR used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• COMMON DIVISOR (noun)

Meaning:

An integer that divides two (or more) other integers evenly

Classified under:

Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure

Synonyms:

common divisor; common factor; common measure

Hypernyms ("common divisor" is a kind of...):

divisor; factor (one of two or more integers that can be exactly divided into another integer)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "common divisor"):

greatest common divisor; greatest common factor; highest common factor (the largest integer that divides without remainder into a set of integers)