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FACTORIZE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does factorize mean?
• FACTORIZE (verb)
The verb FACTORIZE has 1 sense:
1. resolve (a polynomial) into factors
Familiarity information: FACTORIZE used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Conjugation: |
Past simple: factorized
Past participle: factorized
-ing form: factorizing
Sense 1
Meaning:
Resolve (a polynomial) into factors
Classified under:
Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting
Synonyms:
factorise; factorize
Hypernyms (to "factorize" is one way to...):
resolve; solve (find the solution)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Derivation:
factor (an abstract part of something)
factor (any of the numbers (or symbols) that form a product when multiplied together)
factor (one of two or more integers that can be exactly divided into another integer)
factorization ((mathematics) the resolution of an expression into factors such that when multiplied together they give the original expression)
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