common divisor

Example Sentences

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There is a mathematical explanation for the auditory illusion in my example, sometimes called the missing fundamental: The perceived pitch is the greatest common divisor of the frequencies of the sine waves present.

From Scientific American • Feb. 24, 2018

There was no common divisor for all of the 300 cars shown.

From Time Magazine Archive

The Executive is the greatest common divisor of a diverse society.

From Behind the Mirrors The Psychology of Disintegration at Washington by Gilbert, Clinton W. (Clinton Wallace)

The reader probably never has had occasion to compute a greatest common divisor since he left school.

From The Psychology of Arithmetic by Thorndike, Edward L. (Edward Lee)

He ascertained that the one thousand, four hundred and fortieth part of a Spanish dollar was a common divisor for the various currencies.

From Washington and the American Republic, Vol. 3. by Lossing, Benson John