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Meaning of 'factorial' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Factorial [ a.]
- Of or pertaining to a factory.
- Related to factorials.
2 . Factorial [ n.]
- 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.
- The product of the consecutive numbers from unity up to any given number.

Meaning of 'factorial' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . factorial [ n]
Meaning (1):
- the product of all the integers up to and including a given integer
Example in sentence:
  • 1, 2, 6, 24, and 120 are factorials

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