common factor

1. 1.

   an integer that divides two (or more) other integers evenly

   Synonymscommon divisorcommon measure

   Broaderdivisor

   Narrowergreatest common divisor

Questions about common factor

What does common factor mean?

common factor means "an integer that divides two (or more) other integers evenly".

What is another word for common factor?

Close synonyms include common divisor, common measure. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is common factor a common word?

common factor is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.