| 释义 |
highest common factor in British Englishnounthe largest number or quantity that is a factor of each member of a group of numbers or quantities Abbreviation: HCF, h.c.f. Also called: greatest common divisor Examples of 'highest common factor' in a sentencehighest common factor This, in theory, pushes wages up to the highest common factor.So the common factors of 12 and 18 are 1, 2, 3 and 6; the highest common factor is6.The highest common factor of two or more numbers is the highest number that divides exactly into all of them. |