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Prime factor   /praɪm fˈæktər/   Listen
Prime factor

noun
1.
The prime factors of a quantity are all of the prime quantities that will exactly divide the given quantity.





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"Prime factor" Quotes from Famous Books



... remarkable that the enormous importance of this argument in favour of natural selection as a prime factor of organic evolution has not received the attention which it deserves. Even Darwin himself, with his characteristic reserve, has not presented its incalculable significance; nor do I know any of his followers who have made any approach ...
— Darwin, and After Darwin (Vol. 1 and 3, of 3) • George John Romanes
... the prime factor in all this richness came from a small stream which Naab, by making a dam and tunnelling a corner of cliff, had diverted from its ...
— The Heritage of the Desert • Zane Grey


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