FACTORIZE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does factorize mean? 

• FACTORIZE (verb)
  The verb FACTORIZE has 1 sense:

1. resolve (a polynomial) into factors

  Familiarity information: FACTORIZE used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• FACTORIZE (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they factorize    ... he / she / it factorizes   
Past simple: factorized   
Past participle: factorized   
-ing form: factorizing   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Resolve (a polynomial) into factors

Classified under:

Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting

Synonyms:

factorise; factorize

Hypernyms (to "factorize" is one way to...):

resolve; solve (find the solution)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

factor (an abstract part of something)

factor (any of the numbers (or symbols) that form a product when multiplied together)

factor (one of two or more integers that can be exactly divided into another integer)

factorization ((mathematics) the resolution of an expression into factors such that when multiplied together they give the original expression)