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say it: FAK-tur-ing
factoring is a noun meaning "(mathematics) the resolution of an expression into factors such that when multiplied together they give the original expression". It carries one recorded sense.
(mathematics) the resolution of an expression into factors such that when multiplied together they give the original expression
mathematics
Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for factoring come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.