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Factor

noun

Anything that contributes causally to a result.

An abstract part of something. Synonyms: component, constituent, element, ingredient. "Two constituents of a musical composition are melody and harmony" , "The grammatical elements of a sentence" , "A key factor in her success" , "Humor: an effective ingredient of a speech"

One of two or more integers that can be exactly divided into another integer. Synonym: divisor.

A businessman who buys or sells for another in exchange for a commission. Synonyms: agent, broker.

Any of the numbers (or symbols) that form a product when multiplied together.

An independent variable in statistics.

(genetics) a segment of DNA that is involved in producing a polypeptide chain; it can include regions preceding and following the coding DNA as well as introns between the exons; it is considered a unit of heredity. Synonyms: cistron, gene.

verb

(past & past part. factored; pres. part. factoring)

Resolve into factors. Synonyms: factor in, factor out.

Be a contributing factor.

Consider as relevant when making a decision. Synonyms: factor in, factor out.

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— By Conduct and Courage • G. A. Henty

... baths? Who is once washed in the blood of Christ needs not wash again." In this unfavorable medium for its growth, science was simply disregarded, not in any hostile spirit, but as unnecessary.(2) And a third contributing factor was the plague of the sixth century, which desolated the whole Roman world. On the top of the grand mausoleum of Hadrian, visitors at Rome see the figure of a gilded angel with a drawn sword, from which the present name of the Castle of St. Angelo takes its origin. On the ...

— The Evolution of Modern Medicine • William Osler

... proportions? Borrow ought to have been prepared for a question so natural in the mouths of literary busy-bodies at any time, and especially at a time when partisan spirit was rampant, and the vitality of the lampoon as a factor in politics so far from extinct. To show his contempt alike for the critical verdict and the popular curiosity, after a quarrel, or at least a sharp coolness with John Murray, he published in two volumes, ...

— Isopel Berners - The History of certain doings in a Staffordshire Dingle, July, 1825 • George Borrow

... be a man when he ceases to whine and revile, and commences to search for the hidden justice which regulates his life. And as he adapts his mind to that regulating factor, he ceases to accuse others as the cause of his condition, and builds himself up in strong and noble thoughts; ceases to kick against circumstances, but begins to use them as aids to his more rapid progress, ...

— As a Man Thinketh • James Allen

... a short time ago over Lake Keuka at Hammondsport, N.Y., prove what a mighty factor would have to be reckoned with in the martial aeroplane. Curtiss without any practice at all hit a mimic battle ship fifteen times out of twenty-two shots. His experiment has convinced the military ...

— Marvels of Modern Science • Paul Severing

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