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factorists

factorists is the plural of factorist.

Meaning of factorist

Noun

factorist (plural factorists)

  1. A statistician who uses factor analysis.
    • The question of when to stop factoring is one of the major points of controversy in factor analysis, and the criticisms which one factorist may direct against the work of another quite commonly deal with charges of overfactorization and underfactorization.1959, Solomon Diamond, Information and error, pages 224–225

Questions about factorists

What is factorists the plural of?
Factorists is the plural of factorist.

Words near factorists in the dictionary

  1. factorise
  2. factorised
  3. factorises
  4. factorising
  5. factorist
  6. factorists
  7. factorizabilities
  8. factorizability
  9. factorizable
  10. factorization
  11. factorizations

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