Factor definition
One that actively contributes to an accomplishment, result, or process.
noun
A quantity by which a stated quantity is multiplied or divided, so as to indicate an increase or decrease in a measurement.
The rate increased by a factor of ten.
noun
To determine or indicate explicitly the factors of.
If you factor 70, you get 2, 5, and 7.
verb
The definition of a factor is a contributor to something or is a number that divides another number without leaving a remainder.
An example of factor would be eye witness accounts to a news report about a crime.
An example of factor is 9 to 27.
noun
A gene. No longer in technical usage.
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One who acts for someone else; an agent.
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(math.) To resolve into factors.
verb
To act in the capacity of a factor.
verb
One of the elements, circumstances, or influences which contribute to produce a result.
The greatest factor in the decision was the need for public transportation.
The economy was a factor in this year's budget figures.
noun
(mathematics) Any of various objects multiplied together to form some whole.
3 is a factor of 12, as are 2, 4 and 6.
The factors of the Klein four-group are both cyclic of order 2.
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Factor is defined as to express a number as a product of two or more other numbers or to consider as an element.
An example of factor is to reduce 9 to 3 x 3.
An example of factor is to add in personal spending money to a budget.
verb
One who purchases accounts receivable at a discount.
noun
To engage in purchasing accounts receivable at a discount.
verb
Any of the circumstances, conditions, etc. that bring about a result; element or constituent that makes a thing what it is.
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(math.) Any of two or more quantities which form a product when multiplied together.
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A person who carries on business transactions for another; commission merchant; agent for the sale of goods entrusted to his possession.
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An agent, as a banking or finance company, engaged in financing the operations of certain companies, or in financing wholesale and retail sales, through the purchase of accounts receivable.
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A substance that has a particular effect on the body physiologically, as the Rh factor in clotting blood.
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A quantity by which a stated quantity is multiplied or divided, so as to indicate an increase or decrease in a measurement.
The rate increased by a factor of ten.
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(physiology) A substance that functions in a specific biochemical reaction or bodily process, such as blood coagulation.
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One of two or more numbers or expressions that are multiplied to obtain a given product. For example, 2 and 3 are factors of 6, and a + b and a − b are factors of a2 − b2 .
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A substance found in the body, such as a protein, that is essential to a biological process. For example, growth factors are needed for proper cell growth and development.
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To find the factors of a number or expression. For example, the number 12 can be factored into 2 and 6, or 3 and 4, or 1 and 12.
verb
One who buys accounts receivable for an amount less than their face value and collects the full amount, pocketing the difference as his or her commission; one who sells goods received on consignment.
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(root cause analysis) Influence; a phenomenon that affects the nature, the magnitude, and/or the timing of a consequence.
The launch temperature was a factor of the Challenger disaster.
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To find all the factors of (a number or other mathematical object) (the objects that divide it evenly).
verb
(of a number or other mathematical object, intransitive) To be a product of other objects.
verb
(mathematics) One of two or more quantities that divides a given quantity without a remainder. For example, 2 and 3 are factors of 6; a and b are factors of ab.
noun
(physiology) A substance that functions in a specific biochemical reaction or bodily process, such as blood coagulation.
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factor in (or into)
- to include as a factor
idiom
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factor out
- to exclude as a factor
idiom
Idioms and Phrasal Verbs
factor in (<i>or</i> into)
Origin of factor
- Middle English factour perpetrator, agent from Old French facteur from Latin factor maker from facere to make dhē- in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
- From Middle French facteur, from Latin factor (“a doer, maker, performer”), from factus (“done or made”), perfect passive participle of faciō (“do, make”).
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