FACTORIZATION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does factorization mean? 

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

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

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• FACTORIZATION (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Synonyms:

factoring; factorisation; factorization

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

resolution; resolving (analysis into clear-cut components)

Domain category:

math; mathematics; maths (a science (or group of related sciences) dealing with the logic of quantity and shape and arrangement)

Derivation:

factor (resolve into factors)

factorize (resolve (a polynomial) into factors)