Submultiple

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A number that is an exact divisor of another number.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. An integer that is an exact divisor of another
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. A number or quality which is contained in another an exact number of times, or is an aliquot part of it; thus, 7 is the submultiple of 56, being contained in it eight times.
  • adj. Of or pertaining to a submultiple; being a submultiple.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. A number which divides another without a remainder, or is an aliquot part of it: thus, 7 is a submultiple of 56.
  • Noting a number or quantity which is exactly contained in another number or quantity an exact number of times: as, a submultiple number.
  • Word Usage
    "The grouping formed by the prefix symbol attached to the unit symbol constitutes a new inseparable symbol (of a multiple or submultiple of the unit concerned) which can be raised to a positive or negative power and combined with other unit symbols to form compound unit symbols."
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