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Prime number

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  1. 1
    Any natural number greater than 1 that cannot be formed by multiplying two smaller natural numbers.

    "The fundamental theorem of arithmetic states that every natural number greater than 1 can be factorized into prime numbers in a way that is unique up to the order in which the factors are written."

  2. 2
    an integer that has no integral factors but itself and 1 wordnet
  3. 3
    Any natural number (including 1) that is divisible only by itself and 1. obsolete

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