Definition of Factorial. Meaning of Factorial. Synonyms of Factorial

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Definition of Factorial

Factorial
Factorial Fac*to"ri*al, a. 1. Of or pertaining to a factory. --Buchanan. 2. (Math.) Related to factorials.
Factorial
Factorial Fac*to"ri*al, n. (Math.) (a) pl. 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. --Brande & C. (b) The product of the consecutive numbers from unity up to any given number.

Meaning of Factorial from wikipedia

- In mathematics, the factorial of a non-negative integer n {\displaystyle n} , denoted by n ! {\displaystyle n!} , is the product of all positive integers...
- In mathematics, the double factorial of a number n, denoted by n‼, is the product of all the positive integers up to n that have the same parity (odd...
- mathematics, the falling factorial (sometimes called the descending factorial, falling sequential product, or lower factorial) is defined as the polynomial...
- {\displaystyle n} . Factorial may also refer to: Factorial experiment, a statistical experiment over all combinations of values Factorial code, data representation...
- the factorial number system, also called factoradic, is a mixed radix numeral system adapted to numbering permutations. It is also called factorial base...
- by Γ, capital Gr**** letter gamma) is the most common extension of the factorial function to complex numbers. Derived by Daniel Bernoulli, the gamma function...
- In statistics, a factorial experiment (also known as full factorial experiment) investigates how multiple factors influence a specific outcome, called...
- statistics, a fractional factorial design is a way to conduct experiments with fewer experimental runs than a full factorial design. Instead of testing...
- accepted by the emerging field of psychology which developed strong (full factorial) experimental methods to which randomization and blinding were soon added...
- The exponential factorial is a positive integer n raised to the power of n − 1, which in turn is raised to the power of n − 2, and so on in a right-grouping...