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common multiple
noun
, Mathematics.
- a number that is a multiple of all the numbers of a given set.
common multiple
noun
- an integer or polynomial that is a multiple of each integer or polynomial in a group
20 is a common multiple of 2, 4, 5, 10
common multiple
- A number divisible by each of two or more numbers without a remainder. For example, 12 is a common multiple of 2, 3, 4, and 6.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of common multiple1
First recorded in 1885–90
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Example Sentences
For the vast constituencies vote merely along the line of the least common multiple of their mob minds.
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Somehow or other a well-ordered monastery represents the Least Common Multiple of nearly all pleasant houses.
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We must break wholes up into fractions, and then seek their common multiple.
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As these two numbers, contain no common factor, their least common multiple is their product , which is the number sought.
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He could not grasp the least common multiple of the two sides.
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