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Definition of Highest common factor
1. Noun. The largest integer that divides without remainder into a set of integers.
Generic synonyms: Common Divisor, Common Factor, Common Measure
Lexicographical Neighbors of Highest Common Factor
Literary usage of Highest common factor
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. College Algebra by Webster Wells (1890)
"highest common factor. Note. In the present chapter we shall consider ...
The highest common factor of two or more expressions is their common factor of ..."
2. A Treatise on Algebra by Charles Smith (1893)
"The highest common factor of two or more integral expressions is the integral
expression of ... It is usual to write HCF instead of highest common factor. ..."
3. Elementary Algebra by Henry Sinclair Hall, Samuel Ratcliffe Knight (1895)
"highest common factor. SIMPLE EXPRESSIONS. 91. DEFINITION. The highest common
factor of two or more algebraical expressions is the expression of highest ..."
4. Elementary Algebra by Herbert Ellsworth Slaught, Nels Johann Lennes (1915)
"The highest common factor is the product of these common factors, namely, ...
highest common factor. The product of all the common prime factors of two or ..."
5. Algebra for Colleges and Schools by Henry Sinclair Hall, Samuel Ratcliffe Knight, Frank Louis Sevenoak (1918)
"The highest common factor of two or more algebraic expressions is the ...
The abbreviation HCF is sometimes used instead of the words highest common factor. ..."
6. Elements of Algebra by George Albert Wentworth (1884)
"The highest common factor of two or more expressions is the product of all the
factors ... Thus, 3 a2 is the highest common factor of 3 a2, 6 a3, and 12 a4. ..."
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