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FACTORIAL

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

The product of all the integers up to and including a given integer

Example:

1, 2, 6, 24, and 120 are factorials

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Hypernyms ("factorial" is a kind of...):

mathematical product; product (a quantity obtained by multiplication)

Derivation:

factorial (of or relating to factorials)

 II. (adjective) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Of or relating to factorials

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Pertainym:

factorial (the product of all the integers up to and including a given integer)

Derivation:

factorial (the product of all the integers up to and including a given integer)

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