multifactorial

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Involving, or controlled by multiple factors.
  2. Involving multiple genetic or environmental factors.
noun
  1. A generalization of a factorial in which each element to be multiplied differs from the next by an integer (e.g. n(n-3)(n-6)(n-9)...).

Word forms

multifactorial multifactorials

Etymology

From multi- + factorial.

Related words

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