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Prime Factor

Definition: Prime Factor

Prime Factor

Noun

1. The prime factors of a quantity are all of the prime quantities that will exactly divide the given quantity.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 


Synonyms within Context: Prime Factor

ContextSynonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).

Number

Sum, difference, complement, subtrahend; product; multiplicand, multiplier, multiplicator; coefficient, multiple; dividend, divisor, factor, quotient, submultiple; fraction, rational number; surd, irrational number; transcendental number; mixed number, complex number, complex conjugate; numerator, denominator; decimal, circulating decimal, repetend; common measure, aliquot part; prime number, prime, relative prime, prime factor, prime pair; reciprocal; totient.

Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

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Non-Fiction Usage: Prime Factor

SubjectTopicQuote

Economic History

Zimbabwe

Because the goal of winning the 2002 presidential election is the prime factor in government/labor relations, steps were taken in the second quarter of 2001 to marginalize unions and also formal labor dispute resolution mechanisms. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Prime Factor

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

prime factor

28
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: Prime Factor

Language Translations for "prime factor"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

French

  

facteur premier, diviseur premier. (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

kiindulási tényező, elsődleges tényező. (various references)

   

Japanese Kanji 

  

. (various references)

   

Japanese Katakana 

  

そい"すう. (various references)

   

Manx

  

ard-faghteyr. (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

imepray actorfay

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Anagrams: Prime Factor

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-c-e-f-i-m-o-p-r-r-t"

-2 letters: ametropic, imperator, preatomic, preformat.

-3 letters: aeriform, arciform, campfire, comparer, copremia, craftier, cremator, firetrap, forepart, impacter, impactor, imparter, importer, mercapto, operatic, priorate, profiter, reformat, reimport, retiform.

-4 letters: aciform, airport, apomict, apricot, aprotic, armoire, campier, carport, cirrate, comfier, compare, compart, coremia, crampit, creator, crimper, crofter, ectopia, emporia, erotica, erratic, firearm, firepot, foamier, forearm, formate, meropia.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: Prime Factor


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

50 72 69 6D 65      46 61 63 74 6F 72

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

    

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01010000 01110010 01101001 01101101 01100101 00100000 01000110 01100001 01100011 01110100 01101111 01110010

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#80 &#114 &#105 &#109 &#101 &#32 &#70 &#97 &#99 &#116 &#111 &#114

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0050 0072 0069 006D 0065      0046 0061 0063 0074 006F 0072

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

50847579712406769868184

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Quotations: Non-fiction
3. Expressions: Internet
4. Translations: Modern
5. Anagrams
6. Orthography
7. Bibliography


  

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