1. (mathematics) the resolution of an entity into factors such that when multiplied together they give the original entity; [syn: factorization, factorisation, factoring]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
factorization
n 1: (mathematics) the resolution of an entity into factors such
that when multiplied together they give the original entity
[syn: factorization, factorisation, factoring]