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composite numbers

composite numbers is the plural of composite number.

Meaning of composite number

Noun

composite number (plural composite numbers)

  1. A (nonzero) natural number that is expressible as the product of two (or more) natural numbers other than itself and 1.
    • It is evident, moreover, that if a composite number terminates in any one of the digits 1, 3, 7, 9, no one of its factors can be the number 5, or any number ending in 5.1853, Edward Hinkley, Tables of the Prime Numbers and Prime Factors of the Composite Numbers from 1 to 100,000, page 13
    Antonyms:
    prime number

Questions about composite numbers

What is composite numbers the plural of?
Composite numbers is the plural of composite number.

Words near composite numbers in the dictionary

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