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What is the verb for factor?

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factor
  1. (transitive) To find all the factors of (a number or other mathematical object) (the objects that divide it evenly).
  2. (of a number or other mathematical object, intransitive) To be a product of other objects.
  3. (commercial, transitive) To sell a debt or debts to an agent (the factor) to collect.
  4. Synonyms:
factorise
  1. (mathematics) To create a list of the factors of.
  2. (mathematics) To divide an expression into a listing of items that, when multiplied together, will produce the original quantity.
  3. Examples:
    1. “In August 1999 a large team of mathematicians took over 35 computing years to factorise a 155 digit number.”
      “The biggest and most important one is the ability to factorise a very large number into two prime numbers.”
      “One way to mitigate this is to factorise individual lines, each of which contains the nine digits unrepeated.”
factorize
  1. (mathematics) To create a list of the factors of.
  2. (mathematics) To divide an expression into a listing items that, when multiplied together, will produce the original quantity.
  3. Examples:
    1. “The number of steps that are necessary to factorize a large number using all known algorithms increases exponentially with the size of the number.”
      “The joint probability distributions do not factorize into the product of two independent single distributions.”
      “He has tried to factorize things and specifically to avoid to put protocols related information in the main structure.”
factoring
  1. present participle of factor
factorizes
  1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of factorize
factorises
  1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of factorise
factors
  1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of factor
factorised
  1. simple past tense and past participle of factorise
  2. Examples:
    1. “In the factor analysis the intercorrelation matrix for all of the tests was factorised using a principal-components factor analysis.”
      “The resulting inventory was further factorised into 6 scales or reasons for living.”
factorized
  1. simple past tense and past participle of factorize
factored
  1. simple past tense and past participle of factor
  2. Examples:
    1. “Another thing that factored into the decision was that I'm discontent with my websites.”
      “The current price of oil, states the release, is a critical ingredient in the tourism industry and must be factored into the equation.”
      “Air conditioning costs are factored out, so the drop isn't a reflection of the cooler spring.”
factorizing
  1. present participle of factorize
factorising
  1. present participle of factorise
  2. Examples:
    1. “I have conquered the simultaneous equation, and emerged victorious from the forests of factorising.”
      “This gave a method of factorising a number using cards with holes punched in them.”
      “Colburn is also interesting in that he was able to give an idea of how he carried out the calculations, the main method being by factorising the numbers concerned.”
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