# totient

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈtoʊʃənt/

## Definitions
1. The number of positive integers not greater than a specified integer that are relatively prime to it.

## Etymology
From Latin totiēns (“so many times, so often”). Coined by English mathematician James Joseph Sylvester in 1879.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/totient