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composite number en · NOUN

Meanings

1. A (nonzero) natural number that is expressible as the product of two (or more) natural numbers other than itself and 1.
   • It is evident, moreover, that if a composite number terminates in any one of the digits 1, 3, 7, 9, no one of its factors can be the number 5, or any number ending in 5. 1853, Edward Hinkley, Tables of the Prime Numbers and Prime Factors of the Composite Numbers from 1 to 100,000, page 13:
   • It is interesting that in each interval composite numbers are one-to-one assigned to the comparable composite knots while prime numbers are one-to-one assigned to prime knots. 2006, Sze Kui Ng, Quantum Invariant of 3-Manifolds, Samuel F. Neilson (editor), New Research on Three-manifolds and Mathematics, Nova Science Publishers, page 47
   • The above remark applies also to many composite numbers which are not Carmichael numbers, but which are still not shown to be composite by Fermat's theorem for a specific base a.[…]Therefore, using Euler's criterion or a strong primality test with enough bases will finally reveal any composite number or, alternatively, prove the primality of any prime N. 1994, Hans Riesel, Prime Numbers and Computer Methods for Factorization, 2nd edition, Springer (Birkhäuser), →ISBN, page 91:

Forms

Antonyms

prime number

Deriveds

largely composite number

Hypernyms

integer · natural number · number

Translations (23)

cmn 合數 /合数 (a number that is the product of two natural numbers other than itself and 1) · hi यौगिक संख्या (a number that is the product of two natural numbers other than itself and 1) · tl bilang na pinaglakip (a number that is the product of two natural numbers other than itself and 1) · de zusammengesetzte Zahl (a number that is the product of two natural numbers other than itself and 1) · ja 合成数 (a number that is the product of two natural numbers other than itself and 1) · is samsett tala (a number that is the product of two natural numbers other than itself and 1) · ko 합성수 (a number that is the product of two natural numbers other than itself and 1) · pl liczba złożona (a number that is the product of two natural numbers other than itself and 1) · mi tau hiato (a number that is the product of two natural numbers other than itself and 1) · nb sammensatt tall (a number that is the product of two natural numbers other than itself and 1) · is þættanleg tala (a number that is the product of two natural numbers other than itself and 1) · nl samengesteld getal (a number that is the product of two natural numbers other than itself and 1) · nn samansett tal (a number that is the product of two natural numbers other than itself and 1) · uk скла́дене число́ (a number that is the product of two natural numbers other than itself and 1) · sv sammansatt tal (a number that is the product of two natural numbers other than itself and 1) · hu összetett szám (a number that is the product of two natural numbers other than itself and 1) · cmn 合成數 /合成数 (a number that is the product of two natural numbers other than itself and 1) · tr bileşik sayı (a number that is the product of two natural numbers other than itself and 1) · cs složené číslo (a number that is the product of two natural numbers other than itself and 1) · fi yhdistetty luku (a number that is the product of two natural numbers other than itself and 1) · ar عَدَد غَيْر أَوَّلِيّ (a number that is the product of two natural numbers other than itself and 1) · eo komponita nombro (a number that is the product of two natural numbers other than itself and 1) · hy բաղադրյալ թիվ (a number that is the product of two natural numbers other than itself and 1)