PRIME QUANTITY

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

A natural number that has exactly two distinct natural number divisors: 1 and itself

Synonyms:

prime; prime quantity

Classified under:

Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure

Hypernyms ("prime quantity" is a kind of...):

number (a concept of quantity involving zero and units)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "prime quantity"):

prime number (an integer that has no integral factors but itself and 1)

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