"common factor" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: common factors [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} common factor (plural common factors)
  1. (mathematics) A number that can divide two different numbers, without leaving a remainder. Translations (Translations): factor común [masculine] (Asturian), factor comú [masculine] (Catalan), yhteinen tekijä (Finnish), facteur commun [masculine] (French), factor común [masculine] (Galician), fattore comune [masculine] (Italian), fattor comune [masculine] (Italian), tauwehe pātahi (Maori), wspólny czynnik [masculine] (Polish), fator comum [masculine] (Portuguese), factor comun [masculine] (Romanian), factor común [masculine] (Spanish)

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