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refactorisation

refactorisation is the alternative form of refactorization.

Meaning of refactorization

Noun

refactorization (countable and uncountable, plural refactorizations)

  1. A split into constituent parts after a previous combination.
  2. A false etymology derived from rebracketing.
    • The word burger is part of a refactorization of Hamburger (originally Hamburg + er).
  3. A rewriting of computer code to improve its readability or structure without affecting its meaning or behaviour, thus making it easier to maintain; a refactoring.
    • An objective of refactorization is to clear up the global scope of all the library variables, functions and objects.
  4. A second or subsequent factorization.

Forms of refactorisation

pluralrefactorisations

Origin of refactorisation

From re- + factorisation.

Questions about refactorisation

What is refactorisation the alternative form of?
Refactorisation is the alternative form of refactorization.

Words near refactorisation in the dictionary

  1. refactored
  2. refactorer
  3. refactorers
  4. refactoring
  5. refactorings
  6. refactorisation
  7. refactorisations
  8. refactorise
  9. refactorised
  10. refactorises
  11. refactorising

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Adapted from Wiktionary: refactorisation (page history and authors); refactorization (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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