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factorize

/ˈfæktəɹaiz/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.11 in modern English

Syllables
fac-tor-ize
IPA
/ˈfæktəɹaiz/
23
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To create a list of the factors of.

Transitive verb

verb

To divide an expression into a list of items that, when multiplied together, will produce the original quantity.

Transitive verb

verb

To warn not to pay or give up goods.

American usage; Transitive verb

verb

To attach the effects of a debtor in the hands of a third party.

American usage; Transitive verb

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁k- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *dʰh₁kyéti Proto-Italic *θakjō Proto-Italic *fakjō Latin faciō Proto-Indo-European *-tōr Proto-Italic *-tōr Latin -tor Latin factorbor. Middle French facteurbor. ▲ Latin factorbor. Anglo-Norman factourbor. Middle English factour English factor Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor. Late Latin -izōder. Middle French -iserbor. Middle English -isen English -ize English factorize From factor + -ize.

Usage

Inflected Forms

factorizes (present, singular) factorizing (participle, present) factorized (participle, past) factorized (past) factorise (alternative)

Derived Forms

factorizable factorizer refactorize unfactorized

Frequently Paired Words

factor factorization

Synonyms

factorise

Questions

How do you pronounce factorize?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˈfæktəɹaiz/.
What does factorize mean?
To create a list of the factors of.
Where does factorize come from?
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁k- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *dʰh₁kyéti Proto-Italic *θakjō Proto-Italic *fakjō Latin faciō Proto-Indo-European *-tōr Proto-Italic *-tōr Latin -tor Latin factorbor. Middle French facteurbor. ▲ Latin factorbor. Anglo-Norman factourbor. Middle English factour English factor Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor. Late Latin -izōder. Middle French -iserbor. Middle English -isen English -ize English factorize From factor + -ize.

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