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factorization

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Etymology

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Etymology tree
English factor
Proto-Indo-European *-id-
Proto-Indo-European *-yéti
Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti
Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō
Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor.
Late Latin -izō der.
Middle French -iser bor.
Middle English -isen
English -ize
English factorize
Proto-Indo-European *-tis
Proto-Indo-European *-Hō
Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō
Proto-Italic *-tiō
Latin -tiō
Latin -ātiō lbor.
Old French -ation bor.
Middle English -acioun
English -ation
English factorization

    From factorize + -ation .

    Noun

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    factorization (countable and uncountable , plural factorizations )

    1. (mathematics ) The process of creating a list of factors.
      • 2013 October 23, Tina Rosenberg, "In ‘Flipped’ Classrooms, a Method for Mastery", in The New York Times [1] :
        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.
    2. (mathematics ) An expression listing items that, when multiplied together, will produce a desired quantity.
    3. A list of factors.
      • 1991, Paulo Ribenboim, The Little Book of Big Primes[2] , page 172:
        Actual factorizations are now known for every p ≤ 89.

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    Translations

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    creating a list of factors
    expression listing factors
    list of factors

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