coprime

Adj

• Having no positive integer factors in common, aside from 1.
• Having no positive integer factors, aside from 1, in common with one or more specified other positive integers.
• Whose greatest common divisor is a nonzero constant (i.e., polynomial of degree 0).
• (of two or more ideals of a ring) Whose sum is the whole ring; (of two or more elements of a ring) generating the whole ring.

Examples

• "24 and 35 are coprime."
• "24 is coprime to 35."

Synonyms

relatively prime

Related Words

coprimality, coprimeness, greatest common divisor