Result from Foreign Dictionaries (4 entries found)
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Factor \Fac"tor\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Factored} (-t[e^]rd); p.
pr. & vb. n. {Factoring}.] (Mach.)
To resolve (a quantity) into its factors.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Factor \Fac"tor\, n. [L. factor a doer: cf. F. facteur a factor.
See {Fact}.]
1. (Law) One who transacts business for another; an agent; a
substitute; especially, a mercantile agent who buys and
sells goods and transacts business for others in
commission; a commission merchant or consignee. He may be
a home factor or a foreign factor. He may buy and sell in
his own name, and he is intrusted with the possession and
control of the goods; and in these respects he differs
from a broker. --Story. --Wharton.
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My factor sends me word, a merchant's fled
That owes me for a hundred tun of wine. --Marlowe.
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2. A steward or bailiff of an estate. [Scot.] --Sir W. Scott.
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3. (Math.) One of the elements or quantities which, when
multiplied together, form a product.
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4. One of the elements, circumstances, or influences which
contribute to produce a result; a constituent; a
contributory cause.
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The materal and dynamical factors of nutrition. --H.
Spencer.
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
factor
n 1: anything that contributes causally to a result; "a number
of factors determined the outcome"
2: an abstract part of something; "jealousy was a component of
his character"; "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" [syn: {component},
{constituent}, {element}, {factor}, {ingredient}]
3: one of two or more integers that can be exactly divided into
another integer; "what are the 4 factors of 6?" [syn:
{divisor}, {factor}]
4: a businessman who buys or sells for another in exchange for a
commission [syn: {agent}, {factor}, {broker}]
5: any of the numbers (or symbols) that form a product when
multiplied together
6: an independent variable in statistics
7: (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; "genes were
formerly called factors" [syn: {gene}, {cistron}, {factor}]
v 1: resolve into factors; "a quantum computer can factor the
number 15" [syn: {factor}, {factor in}, {factor out}]
2: be a contributing factor; "make things factor into a
company's profitability"
3: consider as relevant when making a decision; "You must factor
in the recent developments" [syn: {factor}, {factor in},
{factor out}]
From The Jargon File (version 4.4.7, 29 Dec 2003) [jargon]:
factor
n.
See {coefficient of X}.
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