Meanings
adjectivecoprime (not comparable)
alternative co-prime
- not comparablemathematicsHaving no positive integer factors in common, aside from 1.
24 and 35 are coprime.
Synonyms: relatively prime
- not comparablemathematicsHaving no positive integer factors, aside from 1, in common with one or more specified other positive integers.
24 is coprime to 35.
Synonyms: relatively prime
- broadlynot comparablealgebraWhose greatest common divisor is a nonzero constant (i.e., polynomial of degree 0).
- broadlynot comparablering theory(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.
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveHaving no positive integer factors in common, aside from 1.
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adjectiveHaving no positive integer factors, aside from 1, in common with one or more specified other positive integers.
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Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*ḱe?
- Proto-Indo-European*ḱóm
- Proto-Italic*kom
- Proto-Italic*kom-
- Latincon-
- Latinco-
- Englishco-
- Englishprime
- Englishcoprime
Translations
Bulgarian взаимно прости
- взаимно прости (vzaimno prosti)(of two or more positive integers) having no factors in common
Chinese Cantonese 互素
- 互素 (wu⁶ sou³)(of two or more positive integers) having no factors in common
Chinese Mandarin 互質 /互质, 互素
- 互質 /互质 (hùzhì, hùzhí)(of two or more positive integers) having no factors in common
- 互素 (hùsù)(of two or more positive integers) having no factors in common
Czech nesoudělný
- nesoudělný(of two or more positive integers) having no factors in common
Finnish keskenään jaottomia, keskenään jaoton ... kanssa
- keskenään jaottomia(of two or more positive integers) having no factors in common
- keskenään jaoton ... kanssa(of a positive integer) having no factor in common with...
French premiers entre eux
- premiers entre eux(of two or more positive integers) having no factors in common
German teilerfremd, relativ prim
- teilerfremd(of two or more positive integers) having no factors in common
- relativ prim(of two or more positive integers) having no factors in common
- teilerfremd(of a positive integer) having no factor in common with...
- relativ prim(of a positive integer) having no factor in common with...
Hebrew זר, זר
- זר (zar)(of two or more positive integers) having no factors in common
- זר (zár)(of a positive integer) having no factor in common with...
Hungarian relatív prímek, relatív prím
- relatív prímek(of two or more positive integers) having no factors in common
- relatív prím(of a positive integer) having no factor in common with...
Icelandic ósamþátta, ósamþættur
- ósamþátta(of two or more positive integers) having no factors in common
- ósamþættur(of two or more positive integers) having no factors in common
Indonesian relatif prima
- relatif prima(of two or more positive integers) having no factors in common
Japanese 互いに素
- 互いに素 (tagai ni so)(of two or more positive integers) having no factors in common
Korean 서로소
- 서로소 (seoroso)(of two or more positive integers) having no factors in common
Polish względnie pierwszy, względnie pierwszy
- względnie pierwszy(of two or more positive integers) having no factors in common
- względnie pierwszy(of a positive integer) having no factor in common with...
Portuguese coprimo, coprimo
- coprimo(of two or more positive integers) having no factors in common
- coprimo(of a positive integer) having no factor in common with...
Russian взаи́мно просто́й, взаи́мно просты́е
- взаи́мно просто́й (vzaímno prostój)(of two or more positive integers) having no factors in common
- взаи́мно просты́е (vzaímno prostýje)(of two or more positive integers) having no factors in common
Swedish relativt prima
- relativt prima(of two or more positive integers) having no factors in common
Turkish aralarında asal
- aralarında asal(of two or more positive integers) having no factors in common
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APA
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