Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Factoring"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Factoring \Fac"tor*ing\, n. (Math.)
The act of resolving into factors.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Factor \Fac"tor\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Factored} (-t?rd); p. pr.
& vb. n. {Factoring}.] (Mach.)
To resolve (a quantity) into its factors.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
factoring
n : (mathematics) the resolution of an integer or polynomial
into factors such that when multiplied together they give
the integer or polynomial [syn: {factorization}, {factorisation}]
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