COMMON FACTOR

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does common factor mean? 

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

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

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• COMMON FACTOR (noun)

Sense 1

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 factor" 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 factor"):

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

 Context examples 

We have this Beppo as a common factor, both in Kennington and in Kensington, so that is worth a ten-mile drive.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)