FACIENT
Fa"cient, n. Etym: [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.] Br.
Hacket.
2. (Mach.)
(a) One of the variables of a quantic as distinguished from a
coefficient.
(b) The multiplier.
Note: 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.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition