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lowest common multiple

American  

noun

Mathematics.

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

lowest common multiple British  

noun

  1. 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

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

From A Review of Algebra by Rivenburg, Romeyn Henry

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

From A Review of Algebra by Rivenburg, Romeyn Henry

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