"prime factor" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: prime factors [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} prime factor (plural prime factors)
  1. (number theory) A factor of a given integer which is also a prime number. Wikidata QID: Q1137759 Categories (topical): Number theory, Number theory Translations (factor): 質因數 (Chinese Mandarin), 质因数 (zhìyīnshù) (Chinese Mandarin), prima faktoro (Esperanto), prima faktorigo (Esperanto), alkutekijä (Finnish), facteur premier [masculine] (French), Primfaktor [masculine] (German), faktor prima (Indonesian), fachtóir príomha [masculine] (Irish), fattore primo [masculine] (Italian), 素因数 (soinsū) (Japanese), faktor perdana (Malay), ard-faghteyr [masculine] (Manx), tauwehe toitū (Maori), primfaktor [masculine] (Norwegian), czynnik pierwszy [masculine] (Polish), factor prim [masculine] (Romanian), просто́й дели́тель (prostój delítelʹ) (Russian)
    Sense id: en-prime_factor-en-noun-en:Q1137759 Disambiguation of Number theory: 61 39 Topics: mathematics, number-theory, sciences

Verb [English]

Forms: prime factors [present, singular, third-person], prime factoring [participle, present], prime factored [participle, past], prime factored [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb}} prime factor (third-person singular simple present prime factors, present participle prime factoring, simple past and past participle prime factored)
  1. (transitive) To reduce an integer to its set of prime factors. Tags: transitive Related terms: prime factorization, factorization, prime decomposition, prime element, prime number, unique factorization ring Translations (Translations): jakaa alkutekijöihin (Finnish), décomposer en facteurs premiers (French), rozkładać na czynniki pierwsze [imperfective] (Polish), rozłożyć na czynniki pierwsze [perfective] (Polish)
    Sense id: en-prime_factor-en-verb-eIjK3vwX Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 35 65 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 44 56 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 39 61

Inflected forms

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