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1 English 1.1 Noun 1.2 Usage Note 1.3 Related Terms 1.4 See Also 1.4.1 Translations

English

Noun

prime number

1. A natural number greater than 1 divisible only by itself and 1; a member of the infinite sequence {2, 3, 5, 7, 11, 13, 17, 19, ...}.

   Every natural number can be uniquely into prime numbers.

Usage Note

Older texts often consider 1 to be a prime number. Modern usage considers 1 to be a unit and not a prime.

Related Terms

• prime
• prime factor
• prime factorization

See Also

• divisor
• factor
• Mathworld article on Prime Number (http://mathworld.wolfram.com/PrimeNumber.html)

Translations

• Dutch: priemgetal n
• Finnish: alkuluku
• German: Primzahl f
• Indonesian: bilangan prima
• Italian: numero primo
• Japanese: [[素数]] (そすう, sosū)
• Polish: liczba pierwsza f
• Portuguese: número primo m
• Slovak: prvočíslo n
• Swedish: primtal n