common measure

Noun

Meaning

an integer that divides two (or more) other integers evenly

the usual (iambic) meter of a ballad

a time signature indicating four beats to the bar

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

numerator common meter common time four-four time common factor common divisor quadruple time

Hypernyms

cadence measure factor beat meter metre

Hyponyms

greatest common divisor highest common factor greatest common factor

Examples

A common measure of operational efficiency is cost incurred for each minute of handling the call workload, commonly referred to as Cost per Call. Source: Internet

Synonyms for the GCD include the greatest common factor (GCF), the highest common factor (HCF), and the greatest common measure (GCM). Source: Internet

There is for all one common measure of joy, because as our Lord the destroyer of sin and death finds none free from charge, so is He come to free us all. Source: Internet

Euclid stipulated this so that he could construct a reductio ad absurdum proof that the two numbers' common measure is in fact the greatest. Source: Internet

Euclid covers this question in his Proposition 1. While Nicomachus' algorithm is the same as Euclid's, when the numbers are prime to one another, it yields the number "1" for their common measure. Source: Internet

Euclid poses the problem thus: "Given two numbers not prime to one another, to find their greatest common measure". Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

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