pluperfect
/pluːˈpɜː(ɹ)fɛkt/
adjective
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Being a generalization of a perfect number. For a given natural number k, a number n is called k-perfect (or k-fold perfect) iff the sum of all positive divisors of n (the divisor function, σ(n)) is equal to kn.
Synonyms
noun
- 1
The pluperfect tense.
- 2
A verb in this tense.
Synonyms
adjective
- 1
More than perfect.
- 2
(grammar) Pertaining to action completed before or at the same time as another.
- 3
Relating to a certain type of graph, complying with the theorem (pluperfect graph theorem) discovered by D. R. Fulkerson in 1970.
- 4
Used as an intensifier in various interjections.
“What in the pluperfect hell is going on here?!”
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