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facient
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facient, n. [L. faciens, -- entis, p. pr. of facere to make, do. See Fact.].
- One who does anything, good or bad; a doer; an agent. Bp. Hacket. [1913 Webster]
- One of the variables of a quantic as distinguished from a coefficient. [1913 Webster]" 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 ." [1913 Webster]
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