FACTORIAL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does factorial mean? 

• FACTORIAL (noun)
  The noun FACTORIAL has 1 sense:

1. the product of all the integers up to and including a given integer

  Familiarity information: FACTORIAL used as a noun is very rare.

• FACTORIAL (adjective)
  The adjective FACTORIAL has 1 sense:

1. of or relating to factorials

  Familiarity information: FACTORIAL used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• FACTORIAL (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The product of all the integers up to and including a given integer

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Context example:

1, 2, 6, 24, and 120 are factorials

Hypernyms ("factorial" is a kind of...):

mathematical product; product (a quantity obtained by multiplication)

Derivation:

factorial (of or relating to factorials)

• FACTORIAL (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Of or relating to factorials

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Pertainym:

factorial (the product of all the integers up to and including a given integer)

Derivation:

factorial (the product of all the integers up to and including a given integer)