relatively prime
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Adjective
relatively prime (not comparable)
- (mathematics, of two or more numbers) having no factors (except the number 1) in common.
- 24 and 35 are relatively prime.
- 1926, Nicomachus of Gerasa, Frank Egleston Robbins, Louis Charles Karpinski, chapter VIII, in Martin Luther D'Ooge, transl., Introduction to Arithmetic, New York: The Macmillan Company, page 121:
- [Nicomachus] sets up three classes, and designates them as prime, composite and relatively prime; the latter are pairs of composite numbers that are prime to each other.
- (mathematics, of a number) having no factors (except the number 1) in common with a specified other number or numbers.
- 24 is relatively prime to 35.
Usage notes
In mathematics, this adjective can be used in phrases like "A and B are relatively prime", "A is relatively prime to B", and, less commonly, "A is relatively prime with B".
Synonyms
Translations
(of two or more positive integers) having no factors in common
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