Meanings
verbfactorize (third-person singular simple present factorizes, present participle factorizing, simple past and past participle factorized)
present singular third person factorizes · participle present factorizing · participle past factorized · past factorized · alternative factorise
- transitivemathematicsTo divide an expression into a list of items that, when multiplied together, will produce the original quantity.
- UStransitiveTo warn not to pay or give up goods.
- UStransitiveTo attach the effects of a debtor in the hands of a third party.
Synonyms & antonyms
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
Translations
Danish faktorisere, opløse i faktorer
- faktoriserecreate a list of factors
- opløse i faktorercreate a list of factors
- faktoriseredivide an expression into listing items
Finnish jakaa tekijöihin, jakaa tekijöihin
- jakaa tekijöihincreate a list of factors
- jakaa tekijöihindivide an expression into listing items
French factoriser, factoriser
- factorisercreate a list of factors
- factoriserdivide an expression into listing items
Greek παραγοντοποιώ
- παραγοντοποιώ (paragontopoió)divide an expression into listing items
Irish fachtóirigh, fachtóirigh
- fachtóirighcreate a list of factors
- fachtóirighdivide an expression into listing items
Italian fattorizzare, fattorizzare
- fattorizzarecreate a list of factors
- fattorizzaredivide an expression into listing items
Japanese 因数分解する
- 因数分解する (insūbunkai suru)divide an expression into listing items
Māori whakatauwehe
- whakatauwehedivide an expression into listing items
Norwegian Bokmål faktorisere, faktorisere
- faktoriserecreate a list of factors
- faktoriseredivide an expression into listing items
Portuguese fatorar, fatorar
- fatorarcreate a list of factors
- fatorardivide an expression into listing items
Spanish factorizar, factorizar
- factorizarcreate a list of factors
- factorizardivide an expression into listing items
Swedish faktorisera, faktorisera
- faktoriseracreate a list of factors
- faktoriseradivide an expression into listing items
Cite this entry
APA
factorize. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/factorize
MLA
“factorize.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/factorize. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “factorize,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/factorize.
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