prime number
noun
: any integer other than 0 or ± 1 that is not divisible without remainder by any other integers except ± 1 and ± the integer itself
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Because both 17 and 29 are prime numbers and therefore indivisible, any recurring rhythms and chords played by the pianist never synced up.
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Rebecca Coffey, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025
To explore the secrets of prime numbers, investigate unimaginable shapes or elucidate other fundamental mysteries of our universe, mathematicians don’t usually need special labs and equipment or to pay participants in clinical trials.
—Emma R. Hasson, Scientific American, 18 July 2025
The result is shorter run times for algorithms such as prime number testing.
—Jeremiah Bartz, The Conversation, 30 May 2025
But some composers disrupt all that with sounds that fit together in uneven ways—an effect best produced with the use of prime numbers.
—The Editors, JSTOR Daily, 27 May 2025
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Rebecca Coffey, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025
To explore the secrets of prime numbers, investigate unimaginable shapes or elucidate other fundamental mysteries of our universe, mathematicians don’t usually need special labs and equipment or to pay participants in clinical trials.
—Emma R. Hasson, Scientific American, 18 July 2025
The result is shorter run times for algorithms such as prime number testing.
—Jeremiah Bartz, The Conversation, 30 May 2025
But some composers disrupt all that with sounds that fit together in uneven ways—an effect best produced with the use of prime numbers.
—The Editors, JSTOR Daily, 27 May 2025
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“Prime number.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/prime%20number. Accessed 31 Oct. 2025.
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