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English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fæk?t???i.?l/

Noun

factorial (plural factorials)

1. (mathematics, combinatorics) The result of multiplying a given number of consecutive integers from 1 to the given number. In equations, it is symbolized by an exclamation mark (!). For example, 5! = 1 × 2 × 3 × 4 × 5 = 120.

Usage notes

"n!" is read as "factorial of n" or "n factorial."

Hyponyms

• double factorial
• falling factorial
• rising factorial

Related terms

Translations

Adjective

factorial (comparative more factorial, superlative most factorial)

1. (mathematics) Of or pertaining to a factor or factorial.
2. Of or pertaining to a factor, a kind of business agent.
   • 2004, The Digest: Annotated British, Commonwealth, and European Cases

     The latter sold the goods to a customer who was cashier to certain creditors of the agents without disclosing the factorial capacity in which they acted.

3. (dated) Of or pertaining to a factory.

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See also

• primorial

References

• factorial on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Further reading

• factorial in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• factorial in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

Portuguese

Noun

factorial m (plural factoriais)

1. Superseded spelling of fatorial. (superseded in Brazil by the 1943 spelling reform and by the Orthographic Agreement of 1990 elsewhere. Still used in countries where the agreement hasn’t come into effect and as an alternative spelling in Portugal.)

Adjective

factorial m or f (plural factoriais, comparable)

1. Superseded spelling of fatorial. (superseded in Brazil by the 1943 spelling reform and by the Orthographic Agreement of 1990 elsewhere. Still used in countries where the agreement hasn’t come into effect and as an alternative spelling in Portugal.)

Romanian

Etymology

From French factorielle

Adjective

factorial m or n (feminine singular factorial?, masculine plural factoriali, feminine and neuter plural factoriale)

1. factorial

Declension

Spanish

Noun

factorial m (plural factoriales)

1. (mathematics) factorial

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French taxonomie. Surface analysis taxo- +? -nomy.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /tæk?s?n?mi/
• (US) IPA^(key): /tæk?s??n?mi/
• Rhymes: -?n?mi

Noun

taxonomy (countable and uncountable, plural taxonomies)

1. The science or the technique used to make a classification.
2. A classification; especially, a classification in a hierarchical system.
3. (taxonomy, uncountable) The science of finding, describing, classifying and naming organisms.

Synonyms

• taxonomics
• (science of finding, describing, classifying and naming organisms): alpha taxonomy

Coordinate terms

• nomenclature
• ontology

Derived terms

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