composite numbernoun [ C ]
uk/ˌkɒm.pə.zɪt ˈnʌm.bər//ˌkɑːm.pə.zɪt ˈnʌm.bɚ/specializeda positive number (= larger than zero) that can be divided by positive numbers other than 1 and itself
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Terms for numbers
- additive inverse
- aliquot
- common denominator
- common factor
- common multiple
- cos
- fold
- fortyfold
- fourfold
- GCF
- hundredfold
- imaginary number
- odd
- remainder
- resultant
- root
- sevenfold
- seventyfold
- sixfold
- weighting
See more results »
Examples from literature
- If a prime of the second form gets into your composite number, then that number cannot be the sum of two squares.
- In order that a number may be expressed as the sum of two squares in several different ways, it is necessary that it shall be a composite number containing a certain number of primes of our first form.
- Make a magic square with nine consecutive composite numbers—the smallest possible.