greatest common divisor

noun

1. the largest number that is a common divisor of a given set of numbers. : G.C.D.

greatest common divisor

noun

1. another name for highest common factor

Word History and Origins

Origin of greatest common divisor¹

First recorded in 1920–25

Example Sentences

The reader probably never has had occasion to compute a greatest common divisor since he left school.

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The greatest common divisor of all the elements in the nation's political consciousness today is inevitably a Mr. Harding.

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The Executive is the greatest common divisor of a diverse society.

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It took the 145mind off the finding of the Greatest Common Divisor.

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