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Webster 1913 Edition


Facient

Fa′cient

,
Noun.
[L.
faciens
, –
entis
, p. pr. of
facere
to make, do. See
Fact
.]
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
Multiplication
.

Definition 2024


facient

facient

See also: -facient

English

Noun

facient (plural facients)

  1. (obsolete) One who does something; a doer; an agent.
    (Can we find and add a quotation of Bishop Hacket to this entry?)
  2. One of the variables of a quantic as distinguished from a coefficient.
  3. 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.


Latin

Verb

facient

  1. third-person plural future active indicative of faciō