prime number

常見例句

This is the largest prime number that has been discovered (with the aid of a large computer) to date.
這是迄今爲(wèi)止發(fā)現(xiàn)的最大素數(shù)(借助於一臺大型計算機)。
Professor Sujimoto’s fame had increased after he had discovered what was, at the time, the largest prime number ever found.
杉本教授在發(fā)現(xiàn)了到那時爲(wèi)止所發(fā)現(xiàn)的最大素數(shù)之後名望已增大了。
A prime number is an integer greater than or equal to 2 that has exactly two distinct natural number divisors, 1 and itself.
素數(shù)是指大於等於2且衹有兩個不同約數(shù)的整數(shù)：1和它自己。

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