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This article proposes "defactoring" and "enfactoring" as clearer and more descriptive terminology, to replace the existing terms [[Saturation,_torsion,_contorsion,_and_defactoring|"saturation", "torsion", and "contorsion"]], for which several problems are described here.
This article proposes [[Saturation, torsion, contorsion, and defactoring#Defactoring|"defactoring" and "enfactoring"]] as clearer and more descriptive terminology, to replace the existing terms [[Saturation,_torsion,_contorsion,_and_defactoring|"saturation", "torsion", and "contorsion"]], for which several problems are described here.


These new terms were coined by [[Dave Keenan]] in collaboration with [[Douglas Blumeyer]] in June of 2021<ref>Many, many other terms were considered before arriving at defactored and enfactored, including but not limited to: repeated, (up/down)sampled, decimated, divided/multiplied, divisive/multiplicative, completed/depleted/repleted/pleated, efficient, brown, dry, spongy/holey, fluffy, corrugated, copied, shredded, tupled, tupletted, enphactored (where the ph stood for possibly hidden)...</ref>.  
These new terms were coined by [[Dave Keenan]] in collaboration with [[Douglas Blumeyer]] in June of 2021<ref>Many, many other terms were considered before arriving at defactored and enfactored, including but not limited to: repeated, (up/down)sampled, decimated, divided/multiplied, divisive/multiplicative, completed/depleted/repleted/pleated, efficient, brown, dry, spongy/holey, fluffy, corrugated, copied, shredded, tupled, tupletted, enphactored (where the ph stood for possibly hidden)...</ref>.