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Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1) - Cite This Source - Share This
prime number
–noun Mathematics.
a positive integer that is not divisible without remainder by any integer except itself and 1, with 1 often excluded: The integers 2, 3, 5, and 7 are prime numbers.
Also called prime.


[Origin: 1585–95]
American Heritage Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
prime number  
n.   A positive integer not divisible without a remainder by any positive integer other than itself and one.

WordNet - Cite This Source - Share This
prime number

noun
an integer that has no integral factors but itself and 1 

The American Heritage Science Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
prime number  
A positive integer greater than 1 that can only be divided by itself and 1 without leaving a remainder. Examples of prime numbers are 7, 23, and 67. Compare composite number.

American Heritage New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition - Cite This Source - Share This
prime number

A number that cannot be divided evenly by any other number except itself and the number one; 1, 3, 5, 7, and 11 are prime numbers.


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