HyperDic: prime_factor

English > 1 sense of the expression *prime factor*:
NOUN	quantity	prime factor	the prime factors of a quantity are all of the prime quantities that will exactly divide the given quantity

English > *prime factor*: 1 sense > noun 1, quantity
Meaning	The prime factors of a quantity are all of the prime quantities that will exactly divide the given quantity.
Broader	divisor, factor	One of two or more integers that can be exactly divided into another integer
Catalan	factor primer