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"factorial" Definition

  1. a. Of or pertaining to a factory.
  2. a. Related to factorials.
  3. n. A name given to the factors of a continued product when the former are derivable from one and the same function F(x) by successively imparting a constant increment or decrement h to the independent variable. Thus the product F(x).F(x + h).F(x + 2h) . . . F[x + (n-1)h] is called a factorial term, and its several factors take the name of factorials.
  4. n. The product of the consecutive numbers from unity up to any given number.

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Position in dictionary: 36450 of 111710 words.
Word Type: a., a., n., n.,
Words that start with "factorial": 1
Words that end with "factorial": 1
Words that contain "factorial": 1
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