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Factorial
01
the product of all positive whole numbers from 1 to a given number
Grammatical Information
animacy status
abstract
Composition
Compound
countable
plural form
factorials
Examples
The factorial of 5 is calculated as 5!=5×4×3×2×1=120.
factorial
01
multiplying a whole number by all the smaller whole numbers down to 1
Grammatical Information
Composition
Compound
relational
ungradable
Examples
The factorial function is denoted by an exclamation mark (! ) and is used in combinatorial mathematics.
