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coprime

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.23 in modern English

Syllables
co-prime
IPA
13
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Having no positive integer factors in common, aside from 1.

adj

Having no positive integer factors, aside from 1, in common with one or more specified other positive integers.

adj

Whose greatest common divisor is a nonzero constant (i.e., polynomial of degree 0).

adj

(of two or more ideals of a ring) Whose sum is the whole ring; (of two or more elements of a ring) generating the whole ring.

Example Sentences

  • "24 and 35 are coprime."
  • "24 is coprime to 35."

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Latin con- Latin co-lbor. English co- English prime English coprime From co- + prime.

Inflected Forms

co-prime (alternative)

Derived Forms

coprimely

Phrases

greatest common divisor

Frequently Paired Words

coprimality coprimeness greatest common divisor

Synonyms

relatively prime

Questions

What does coprime mean?
Having no positive integer factors in common, aside from 1.
Where does coprime come from?
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Latin con- Latin co-lbor. English co- English prime English coprime From co- + prime.

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