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Least common multiple has 2 different meanings across 1 category:

Noun

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Noun
1

the smallest multiple that is exactly divisible by every member of a set of numbers

"the least common multiple of 12 and 18 is 36"

2

The smallest positive integer which is divisible by (equivalently, is an integer multiple of) each of a specified finite set of integers.

See Also
divisible lowest common denominator least common denominator positive common multiple
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Broader Terms (hypernyms)
multiple
Rhyming Words
ple caple tiple ample duple tuple diple apple maple kipple people ripple temple marple hopple meeple semple popple topple sipple
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