"practical number" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: practical numbers [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} practical number (plural practical numbers)
  1. (mathematics) Any positive integer having the property that all smaller integers can be represented as sums of distinct divisors of it Wikipedia link: practical number Categories (topical): Mathematics Translations (positive integer): numero pratico [masculine] (Italian), panggamiting bilang (Tagalog)
    Sense id: en-practical_number-en-noun-clmt2tvZ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Topics: mathematics, sciences

Inflected forms

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