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2. (Math.) Related to
factorials.

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.

Fac"tor*ing (?), n. (Math.)
The act of resolving into factors.

Fac"tor*ize (?), v. t. [imp. &
p. p. Factorized (-?zd); p. pr. & vb.
n. Factorizing (-?"z?ng).] (Law)
(a) To give warning to; -- said of a person in
whose hands the effects of another are attached, the warning being to
the effect that he shall not pay the money or deliver the property of
the defendant in his hands to him, but appear and answer the suit of
the plaintiff.


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