primitive root
Mathematics
noun
An integer g that is relatively prime to a given integer n and such that the least power to which g can be raised to yield unity modulo n is the totient of n.
Origin
Early 19th century; earliest use found in Peter Barlow (1776–1862), mathematician and physicist.
- Water Bearer
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- waterbed
- water beech
- water beetle
- water bicycle
- water bike
- water bill
- water binding
- waterbird
- water birth
- water biscuit
- water blackbird
- water bladder
- water blinks
- water blister
- water-blob
- waterblommetjie
- water bloom
- water blossom
- water blue
- water boa
- waterboard
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- water boatman