FACTORIAL


Meaning of FACTORIAL in English

adj related to factorials.

2. factorial ·adj of or pertaining to a factory.

3. factorial ·noun the product of the consecutive numbers from unity up to any given number.

4. factorial ·noun a name given to the factors of a continued product when the former are derivable from one and the same function f(x) by successively imparting a constant increment or decrement h to the independent variable. thus the product f(x)·f(x + h)·f(x + 2h)· ... ·f(x + (n - 1)·h) is called a factorial term, and its several factors take the name of factorials.

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