gcd

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A form of greatest common divisor — The largest positive integer (respectively polynomial, element of a given ring) that is a divisor of each of a given set of integers (respectively polynomials, elements of a given ring).

Opposite
lcmoGCD
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Meanings

gcd1

noungcd (plural gcds)

plural gcds

  1. abbreviationinitialismmathematicsInitialism of greatest common divisor.

GCD2

nounGCD (plural GCDs)

plural GCDs

  1. Alternative letter-case form of gcd.
  2. InternetabbreviationinitialismgamesInitialism of global cooldown

    Heroic Strike is still off of GCD.

    2015 November 11, @WarcraftDevs, Twitter (post), archived from the original on 28 Sep 2026
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    I wanna know how you even reached this conclusion, considering WoW has a GCD and isn't on console.

    2017 March 4, @AtlasXIV, Twitter (post), archived from the original on 28 Sep 2026

    that and an overreliance on DPS being the only factor that matters in a lot of cases, people don't want to risk playing "sub-optimally" and the sheer amount of oGCDs lend into that idea to where healers would rather let people die than use a GCD to save a life.

    2023 October 16, @HopeAcedia, X (post), archived from the original on 28 Sep 2026

    Antonyms: oGCD

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
greatest common divisor

Translations

Danish sfd
  • sfdinitialism for greatest common divisor
Finnish syt
  • sytinitialism for greatest common divisor
French PGCD, PGDC
  • PGCDinitialism for greatest common divisor
  • PGDCinitialism for greatest common divisor
German ggT
  • ggTinitialism for greatest common divisor
Greek ΜΚΔ
  • ΜΚΔ (MKD)initialism for greatest common divisor
Icelandic ssd
  • ssdinitialism for greatest common divisor
Polish NWD
  • NWDinitialism for greatest common divisor
Portuguese MDC
  • MDCinitialism for greatest common divisor
Russian НОД
  • НОДinitialism for greatest common divisor
Spanish mcd
  • mcdinitialism for greatest common divisor
Swedish SGD
  • SGDinitialism for greatest common divisor
Turkish obeb
  • obebinitialism for greatest common divisor
Ukrainian НСД
  • НСД (NSD)initialism for greatest common divisor
Vietnamese ƯCLN
  • ƯCLNinitialism for greatest common divisor

Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

CDGGDC
Cite this entry
APA

gcd. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gcd

MLA

“gcd.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gcd. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “gcd,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gcd.

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