Factoring

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Factoring \Fac"tor*ing\, n. (Math.)
     The act of resolving into factors.
     [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:



  Factor \Fac"tor\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Factored} (-t[e^]rd); p.
     pr. & vb. n. {Factoring}.] (Mach.)
     To resolve (a quantity) into its factors.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  factoring
       n : (mathematics) the resolution of an integer or polynomial
           into factors such that when multiplied together they give
           the integer or polynomial [syn: {factorization}, {factorisation}]