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deficient numbers

deficient numbers is the plural of deficient number.

Meaning of deficient number

Noun

deficient number (plural deficient numbers)

  1. A number that is greater than the sum of all of its divisors except itself.
    • The factors of 22 are 1, 2 and 11 and 22, and 1 + 2 + 11 = 14, which is less than 22, so 22 is a deficient number.

Questions about deficient numbers

What is deficient numbers the plural of?
Deficient numbers is the plural of deficient number.

Words near deficient numbers in the dictionary

  1. deficiency disease
  2. deficiency diseases
  3. deficiency letter
  4. deficient
  5. deficient number
  6. deficient numbers
  7. deficient-demand unemployment
  8. deficiently
  9. deficientness
  10. deficients
  11. deficit

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