1. relating to or resembling a wedge
Usage: technical; rare
2. having exactly three distinct prime factors
Usage: mathematics

Examples

• The sphenic number 30 equals 2 × 3 × 5.
• In number theory, 42 is a sphenic number because it has three distinct prime factors.
• The geologist identified the sphenic crystal formation.
• Sphenic numbers are useful in certain mathematical proofs.
• The number 66 is sphenic since it equals 2 × 3 × 11.