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  • L.C.M.
    L.C.M.
    abbreviation
    least common multiple; lowest common multiple.
  • lcm
    lcm
    abbreviation
    lowest common multiple

L.C.M.

American  
Or l.c.m.

abbreviation

  1. least common multiple; lowest common multiple.


lcm British  

abbreviation

  1. lowest common multiple

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Least Common Multiple, or L.C.M., of two numbers, is the least number of which they are both factors.

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

One night he came in and read the words: Find the L.C.M.

From A Dominie in Doubt by Neill, Alexander Sutherland

Bergmann, Marcus S., convert of the L.J.S., is well-known as a missionary of the L.C.M. and translator of the Bible into Yiddish.

From Some Jewish Witnesses For Christ by B.D.

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

This gives a rule for finding the L.C.M. of two numbers.

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

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