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amicable number

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: 2.97 in modern English

Syllables
am-i-ca-ble num-ber
IPA
24
Scrabble Score
14
Letters
5
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

One of a pair of numbers having the property that the sum of the divisors of each, excluding itself, is equal to the other number.

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What does amicable number mean?
One of a pair of numbers having the property that the sum of the divisors of each, excluding itself, is equal to the other number.

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