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Noun: highest common factor
  1. The largest integer that divides without remainder into a set of integers
    "The highest common factor of 24 and 36 is 12";
    - greatest common divisor, greatest common factor

Derived forms: highest common factors

Type of: common divisor, common factor, common measure

Encyclopedia: Highest common factor