G.C.D.

American  

Or g.c.d.

abbreviation

1. greatest common divisor.

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Example Sentences

G.W. was funded by Teagasc Walsh Fellowship 2014001 to R.J.A.B. and G.C.D.

From Nature • Dec. 25, 2016

If we require the G.C.D. of two numbers, and cannot resolve them into their prime factors, we use a process described in the text-books.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 5 "Arculf" to "Armour, Philip" by Various

Thus 144 = 24�32, and 756 = 22�33�7, and therefore the G.C.D. of 144 and 756 is 22�32 = 36.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 5 "Arculf" to "Armour, Philip" by Various

The G.C.D. of three or more numbers is found in the same way.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 5 "Arculf" to "Armour, Philip" by Various

It is clear, from comparison with the last paragraph, that the product of the G.C.D. and the L.C.M. of two numbers is equal to the product of the numbers themselves.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 5 "Arculf" to "Armour, Philip" by Various