highest common factor

noun

Mathematics.

HCF. h.c.f. Also called: greatest common divisor. the largest number or quantity that is a factor of each member of a group of numbers or quantities

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Find the highest common factor and the lowest common multiple of the three expressions 2.

In the same way, Mark Twain as humorist has sought the highest common factor of all nations.

The highest common factor of a hundred women is far greater than that of a hundred men.

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