PRIME NUMBER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does prime number mean? 

• PRIME NUMBER (noun)
  The noun PRIME NUMBER has 1 sense:

1. an integer that has no integral factors but itself and 1

  Familiarity information: PRIME NUMBER used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PRIME NUMBER (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An integer that has no integral factors but itself and 1

Classified under:

Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure

Hypernyms ("prime number" is a kind of...):

prime; prime quantity (a natural number that has exactly two distinct natural number divisors: 1 and itself)