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PRIME QUANTITY
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
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)