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3 dictionary results for: Perfect number
Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1) - Cite This Source - Share This
perfect number
–noun Mathematics.
a positive number that is equal to the sum of all positive integers that are submultiples of it, as 6, which is equal to the sum of 1, 2, and 3.


[Origin: 1350–1400; ME]
American Heritage Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
perfect number  
n.   A positive integer that is equal to the sum of its positive integral factors, including 1 but excluding itself.

The American Heritage Science Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
perfect number  
A positive integer that equals the sum of all of its divisors other than itself. An example is 28, whose divisors (not counting itself) are 1, 2, 4, 7, and 14, which added together give 28.

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