factorization
factorization noun: the process of creating a list of factors.
Noun
factorization (countable and uncountable, plural factorizations)
- The process of creating a list of factors.
- 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.2013 October 23, Tina Rosenberg, “In ‘Flipped’ Classrooms, a Method for Mastery”, in The New York Times
- An expression listing items that, when multiplied together, will produce a desired quantity.
- A list of factors.
- Actual factorizations are now known for every p ≤ 89.1991, Paulo Ribenboim, The Little Book of Big Primes, page 172
factorization meaning in Hindi, Marathi, Malayalam and Gujarati
factorization in Hindi
- creating a list of factors
- गुणनखण्ड guṇankhaṇḍ
factorization in Marathi
- creating a list of factors
- अवयव काढणे avyav kāḍhṇe
factorization in Malayalam
- ഘടകക്രിയ
factorization in Gujarati
- creating a list of factors
- અવયવીકરણ avayavīkraṇ
More languagesFewer languages
- factorization in Tagalog
- pagbungkag
- factorization in Malay
- pemfaktoran
- factorization in Indonesian
- faktorisasi, pemfaktoran
Examples of factorization in a sentence
- Factorization has driven many great discoveries in number theory.
- In this setting, (un)fortunately, the uniqueness of prime factorization no longer holds.
- A new iterative solution is given, for the problem of inner-outer factorization of matricial spectral density functions.
Forms of factorization
| plural | factorizations |
|---|---|
| alternative form | factorisation |
Origin of factorization
From factorize + -ation.
Words formed from factorization
Phrases with factorization
Questions about factorization
- What does factorization mean?
- Factorization means the process of creating a list of factors.
- What is factorization in Hindi?
- Factorization in Hindi is गुणनखण्ड (guṇankhaṇḍ). See Factorization meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is factorization?
- Factorization is a noun.
- What is the plural of factorization?
- The plural of factorization is factorizations.
Words near factorization in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: factorization (page history and authors); factorization (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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