Meanings
plural factorizations · alternative factorisation
- countableuncountablemathematicsThe 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 - countableuncountablemathematicsAn expression listing items that, when multiplied together, will produce a desired quantity.
- countableuncountableA list of factors.
Actual factorizations are now known for every p ≤ 89.
1991, Paulo Ribenboim, The Little Book of Big Primes, page 172
Synonyms & antonyms
noun(mathematics) the resolution of an expression into factors such that when multiplied together they give the original expression
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*dʰeh₁-
- Proto-Indo-European*dʰeh₁k-
- Proto-Indo-European*dʰh₁kyéti
- Proto-Italic*θakjō
- Proto-Italic*fakjō
- Latinfaciō
- Latinfactor
- Middle Frenchfacteur
- Latinfactor
- Anglo-Normanfactour
- Middle Englishfactour
- Englishfactor
- Englishfactorize
- Englishfactorization
Translations
Finnish tekijöiden tulo, tekijöihin jakaminen
- tekijöiden tuloexpression listing factors
- tekijöihin jakaminencreating a list of factors
- tekijöihinjakocreating a list of factors
- tekijätlist of factors
French factorisation
- factorisationcreating a list of factors
Greek παραγοντοποίηση
- παραγοντοποίηση (paragontopoíisi)creating a list of factors
Hindi गुणनखण्ड
- गुणनखण्ड (guṇankhaṇḍ)creating a list of factors
Indonesian faktorisasi, pemfaktoran
- faktorisasicreating a list of factors
- pemfaktorancreating a list of factors
Irish fachtóiriú
- fachtóiriúcreating a list of factors
Malay pemfaktoran
- pemfaktorancreating a list of factors
Polish faktoryzacja, faktoryzacja
- faktoryzacjaexpression listing factors
- faktoryzacjacreating a list of factors
- rozkład na czynnikicreating a list of factors
- faktoryzacjalist of factors
Portuguese fatorização, fatoração
- fatorizaçãocreating a list of factors
- fatoraçãocreating a list of factors
- fatoraçãolist of factors
- fatorizaçãolist of factors
Spanish factorización, factorización
- factorizaciónexpression listing factors
- factorizacióncreating a list of factors
Swedish faktorisering, faktorisering
- faktoriseringexpression listing factors
- faktoriseringcreating a list of factors
Tagalog pagbungkag
- pagbungkagcreating a list of factors
Cite this entry
factorization. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/factorization
“factorization.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/factorization. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “factorization,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/factorization.
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