With a numeral: each of a number of equal portions into which a thing may be divided; an exact divisor, a submultiple; spec. (a) (with a preceding…

Mathematics. A factor of a number; an aliquot part. rare.

A number or quantity that divides another exactly; a measure, factor.

Mathematics. Contained in a larger number a certain number of times without leaving any remainder; forming an exact divisor; (gen.) constituting…

= highest common factor n. at highest, adj. n.adv. compounds 2b (abbreviated G.C.M.).

Mathematics. A factor, divisor. Chiefly in common measure (see common measure, n. 1). Cf. measure, v. 6. Now rare.

Mathematics. = multiple, n. 2a. Obsolete.

Mathematics. An exact divisor. Now rare.

Mathematics. A quantity which contains another quantity some number of times without remainder; a quantity which is the product of a given quantity…

A number or quantity contained within another number or quantity a whole number of times without remainder; = divisor, n. 1b.

the smallest quantity that can be divided by each of two (or more) given whole numbers; abbreviated L.C.M.

A number which divides another into two equal parts, without leaving any remainder.

the method of least squares (see square, n. 8b); frequently attributive.