Factorization vs. Factor
Factorizationnoun
(mathematics) The process of creating a list of factors.
Factorizationnoun
(mathematics) An expression listing items that, when multiplied together, will produce a desired quantity.
Factorizationnoun
A list of factors. en
Factorizationnoun
(mathematics) the resolution of an integer or polynomial into factors such that when multiplied together they give the integer or polynomial
Factorization
In mathematics, factorization (or factorisation, see English spelling differences) or factoring consists of writing a number or another mathematical object as a product of several factors, usually smaller or simpler objects of the same kind. For example, 3 × 5 is a factorization of the integer 15, and (x – 2)(x + 2) is a factorization of the polynomial x2 – 4.
Factornoun
(obsolete) A doer, maker; a person who does things for another person or organization.
Factornoun
An agent or representative.
Factornoun
(legal)
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A commission agent.
Factornoun
A person or business organization that provides money for another's new business venture; one who finances another's business.
Factornoun
A business organization that lends money on accounts receivable or buys and collects accounts receivable.
Factornoun
One of the elements, circumstances, or influences which contribute to produce a result.
Factornoun
(mathematics) Any of various objects multiplied together to form some whole.
Factornoun
(root cause analysis) Influence; a phenomenon that affects the nature, the magnitude, and/or the timing of a consequence.
Factornoun
(economics) A resource used in the production of goods or services, a factor of production.
Factornoun
(Scotland) A steward or bailiff of an estate.
Factorverb
(transitive) To find all the factors of (a number or other mathematical object) (the objects that divide it evenly).
Factorverb
To be a product of other objects.
Factorverb
To sell a debt or debts to an agent (the factor) to collect.
Factornoun
One who transacts business for another; an agent; a substitute; especially, a mercantile agent who buys and sells goods and transacts business for others in commission; a commission merchant or consignee. He may be a home factor or a foreign factor. He may buy and sell in his own name, and he is intrusted with the possession and control of the goods; and in these respects he differs from a broker.
Factornoun
A steward or bailiff of an estate.
Factornoun
One of the elements or quantities which, when multiplied together, form a product.
Factornoun
One of the elements, circumstances, or influences which contribute to produce a result; a constituent; a contributory cause.
Factorverb
To resolve (a quantity) into its factors.
Factornoun
anything that contributes causally to a result;
Factornoun
an abstract part of something;
Factornoun
any of the numbers (or symbols) that form a product when multiplied together
Factornoun
one of two or more integers that can be exactly divided into another integer;
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a businessman who buys or sells for another in exchange for a commission
Factornoun
an independent variable in statistics
Factornoun
(genetics) a segment of DNA that is involved in producing a polypeptide chain; it can include regions preceding and following the coding DNA as well as introns between the exons; it is considered a unit of heredity;
Factorverb
resolve into factors;
Factornoun
a circumstance, fact, or influence that contributes to a result
Factornoun
a gene that determines a hereditary characteristic
Factornoun
a number or quantity that when multiplied with another produces a given number or expression
Factornoun
a number or algebraic expression by which another is exactly divisible.
Factornoun
a level on a scale of measurement.
Factornoun
(with numeral) a sunscreen of the sun protection factor specified
Factornoun
any of a number of substances in the blood, mostly identified by numerals, which are involved in coagulation.
Factornoun
an agent who buys and sells goods on commission
Factornoun
a company that buys a manufacturer's invoices at a discount and takes responsibility for collecting the payments due on them.
Factornoun
a land agent or steward
Factornoun
an agent, deputy, or representative.
Factorverb
another term for factorize
Factorverb
(of a company) sell (its invoices) to a factor
