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trial division

trial division noun: a simple method of finding the divisors of an integer, or establishing if the integer is prime, by selecting a set of smaller integers and seeing if there is a zero remainder upon division by each one.

Noun

trial division (plural trial divisions)

  1. A simple method of finding the divisors of an integer, or establishing if the integer is prime, by selecting a set of smaller integers and seeing if there is a zero remainder upon division by each one

Forms of trial division

pluraltrial divisions

Questions about trial division

What does trial division mean?
Trial division means a simple method of finding the divisors of an integer, or establishing if the integer is prime, by selecting a set of smaller integers and seeing if there is a zero remainder upon division by each one.
What part of speech is trial division?
Trial division is a noun.
What is the plural of trial division?
The plural of trial division is trial divisions.

Words near trial division in the dictionary

  1. trial by media
  2. trial by ordeal
  3. trial court
  4. trial courts
  5. trial de novo
  6. trial division
  7. trial divisions
  8. Trial Harbour
  9. trial impression
  10. trial impressions
  11. trial number

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