FACTORING

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does factoring mean? 

• FACTORING (noun)
  The noun FACTORING has 1 sense:

1. (mathematics) the resolution of an expression into factors such that when multiplied together they give the original expression

  Familiarity information: FACTORING used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• FACTORING (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

(mathematics) the resolution of an expression into factors such that when multiplied together they give the original expression

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Synonyms:

factoring; factorisation; factorization

Hypernyms ("factoring" is a kind of...):

resolution; resolving (analysis into clear-cut components)

Domain category:

math; mathematics; maths (a science (or group of related sciences) dealing with the logic of quantity and shape and arrangement)

Derivation:

factor (resolve into factors)

 Context examples 

The theory follows that the illusion occurred because our brains are wired to try to understand what we see by factoring context into our perception.

(Rosy health and sickly green: color associations play robust role in reading faces, National Institutes of Health)