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sieve of Eratosthenes

noun

, Mathematics.
  1. a method of obtaining prime numbers by sifting out the composite numbers from the set of natural numbers so that only prime numbers remain.

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Word History and Origins

Origin of sieve of Eratosthenes1

First recorded in 1795–1805

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