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Definitions

Adjective

1. 1
   Having no positive integer factors in common, aside from 1. not-comparable

   "24 and 35 are coprime."

2. 2
   Having no positive integer factors, aside from 1, in common with one or more specified other positive integers. not-comparable

   "24 is coprime to 35."

3. 3
   Whose greatest common divisor is a nonzero constant (i.e., polynomial of degree 0). broadly, not-comparable
4. 4
   (of two or more ideals of a ring) Whose sum is the whole ring; (of two or more elements of a ring) generating the whole ring. broadly, not-comparable

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relatively primecomaximalrelatively prime

Etymology

From co- + prime.

Related phrases

greatest common divisorin common

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