Definition:Composite Number/Also known as

Composite Number: Also known as

Some sources refer to a composite number as a factorable or factorizable number.

For many reasons, one being that composite is of fewer syllables and therefore more economical to say, composite is the preferred form on $\mathsf{Pr} \infty \mathsf{fWiki}$.

Also see

• 1998: David Nelson: The Penguin Dictionary of Mathematics (2nd ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): factorable: 1.
• 2008: David Nelson: The Penguin Dictionary of Mathematics (4th ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): factorable: 1.