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Plural of factorial

regular plural

The plural of factorial is factorials.

Forms of factorial

Singularfactorial /fækˈtɔːɹi.əl/
Pluralfactorials
Countablecountable

Factorials in a sentence

  • This function uses recursion to compute factorials.From the entry recursion
  • Double factorials can also be defined recursively.2012 June, Henry Gould, Jocelyn Quaintance, “Double Fun with Double Factorials”, in Mathematics Magazine, volume 85, number 3, →DOI, pages…. From the entry double factorial

Meaning of factorial

  1. noun The result of multiplying a given number of consecutive integers from 1 to the given number. In equations, it is symbolized by an exclamation mark (!). For example, 5! = 1 × 2 × 3 × 4 × 5 = 120.
  2. adjective Of or pertaining to a factor or factorial.
  3. adjective Of or pertaining to a factor, a kind of business agent.

Full definition of factorial

Questions about the plural of factorial

What is the plural of factorial?
The plural of factorial is factorials.
Is factorial countable?
Factorial is a countable noun.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: factorial (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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