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Webster 1913 Edition
Facient
1.
One who does anything, good or bad; a doer; an agent.
[Obs.]
Bp. Hacket.
2.
(Mach.)
(a)
One of the variables of a quantic as distinguished from a coefficient.
(b)
The multiplier.
☞ The terms facient, faciend, and factum, may imply that the multiplication involved is not ordinary multiplication, but is either some specified operation, or, in general, any mathematical operation. See
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facient
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English
Noun
facient (plural facients)
- (obsolete) One who does something; a doer; an agent.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Bishop Hacket to this entry?)
- One of the variables of a quantic as distinguished from a coefficient.
- A multiplier.
Usage notes
The terms facient, faciend, and factum may imply that the multiplication involved is not ordinary multiplication, but some specified operation or a placeholder for any mathematical operation.