lowest common multiple

American

noun

Mathematics.

the smallest number that is a common multiple of a given set of numbers.

lowest common multiple British

noun

Abbreviation: LCM. lcm. Also called: least common multiple. the smallest number or quantity that is exactly divisible by each member of a set of numbers or quantities

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Etymology

Origin of lowest common multiple

First recorded in 1920–25

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Each is a paste of words that have been superimposed one on another and worked into a new word that shall be the lowest common multiple of them all.

From Time Magazine Archive

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

From A Review of Algebra by Rivenburg, Romeyn Henry

Determine the factors of the lowest common multiple of and 3.

From A Review of Algebra by Rivenburg, Romeyn Henry

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