Dictionary

factorization en · NOUN

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁k- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *dʰh₁kyéti Proto-Italic *θakjō Proto-Italic *fakjō Latin faciō Proto-Indo-European *-tōr Proto-Italic *-tōr Latin -tor Latin factorbor. Middle French facteurbor. ▲ Latin factorbor. Anglo-Norman factourbor. Middle English factour English factor Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor. Late Latin -izōder. Middle French -iserbor. Middle English -isen English -ize English factorize Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin -ātiōlbor. Old French -ationbor. Middle English -acioun English -ation English factorization From factorize + -ation.

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) The process of creating a list of factors.
   • A fifth-grade class will spend a set number of days on prime factorization and then move on to study greatest common factors — whether or not every student is ready. 2013 October 23, Tina Rosenberg, “In ‘Flipped’ Classrooms, a Method for Mastery”, in The New York Times:
2. (countable, uncountable) An expression listing items that, when multiplied together, will produce a desired quantity.
3. (countable, uncountable) A list of factors.
   • Actual factorizations are now known for every p ≤ 89. 1991, Paulo Ribenboim, The Little Book of Big Primes, page 172:

Forms

Deriveds

integer factorization · unique factorization domain · unique factorization ring · prime factorization · complete factorization · refactorization · overfactorization

Translations (24)

hi गुणनखण्ड (creating a list of factors) · fi tekijöihinjako (creating a list of factors) · id pemfaktoran (creating a list of factors) · fi tekijät (list of factors) · id faktorisasi (creating a list of factors) · pl faktoryzacja (creating a list of factors) · gu અવયવીકરણ (creating a list of factors) · pl faktoryzacja (expression listing factors) · es factorización (expression listing factors) · mr अवयव काढणे (creating a list of factors) · pl faktoryzacja (list of factors) · tl pagbungkag (creating a list of factors) · sv faktorisering (creating a list of factors) · fr factorisation (creating a list of factors) · el παραγοντοποίηση (creating a list of factors) · pt fatorização (creating a list of factors) · ga fachtóiriú (creating a list of factors) · pl rozkład na czynniki (creating a list of factors) · ky көбөйтүүчүлөргө ажыратуу (creating a list of factors) · es factorización (creating a list of factors) · fi tekijöihin jakaminen (creating a list of factors) · sv faktorisering (expression listing factors) · fi tekijöiden tulo (expression listing factors) · ms pemfaktoran (creating a list of factors)