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Meaning of prime number

Source language: EnglishDictionary language: English

prime number

noun

Definitions

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

    Example: 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.

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