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prime factoring

prime factoring is the present participle and gerund of prime factor.

Meaning of prime factor

Verb

prime factor (third-person singular simple present prime factors, present participle prime factoring, simple past and past participle prime factored)

  1. (transitive) To reduce an integer to its set of prime factors.
    • Any composite number can be prime factored; that is, it can be written as a product of prime numbers (excluding 1) in one and only one way.[…]When prime factoring numbers, it is standard to rearrange the factors so that the numbers are in increasing order.2004, Fred N. Grayson, CliffsTestPrep Military Flight Aptitude Tests, Wiley, page 39

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What is prime factoring the present participle and gerund of?
Prime factoring is the present participle and gerund of prime factor.

Words near prime factoring in the dictionary

  1. prime directive
  2. prime directives
  3. prime donne
  4. prime factor
  5. prime factored
  6. prime factoring
  7. prime factorisation
  8. prime factorisations
  9. prime factorization
  10. prime factorizations
  11. prime factors

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