common multiple

noun

, Mathematics.

common multiple

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.

First recorded in 1885–90

For the vast constituencies vote merely along the line of the least common multiple of their mob minds.

Somehow or other a well-ordered monastery represents the Least Common Multiple of nearly all pleasant houses.

We must break wholes up into fractions, and then seek their common multiple.

As these two numbers, contain no common factor, their least common multiple is their product , which is the number sought.

He could not grasp the least common multiple of the two sides.

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