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LOWEST COMMON MULTIPLE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The smallest multiple that is exactly divisible by every member of a set of numbers
Example:
the least common multiple of 12 and 18 is 36
Synonyms:
lcm; least common multiple; lowest common multiple
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Hypernyms ("lowest common multiple" is a kind of...):
multiple (the product of a quantity by an integer)