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Factor Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Factor? [n] a segment of DNA found on a chromosome that codes for a particular protein; a unit of heredity; "genes were formerly called factors" [n] anything that contributes causally to a result; "a number of factors determined the outcome" [n] a businessman who buys or sells for another in exchange for a commission [n] any of the numbers (or symbols) that form a product when multiplied together [n] one of two or more integers that can be exactly divided into another integer; "what are the 4 factors of 6?" [v] resolve into factors Synonyms \| Synonyms for Factor: agent \| broker \| component \| constituent \| divisor \| element \| factor in \| factor out \| gene \| ingredient Related Terms \| Find terms related to Factor: adjunct \| adjutant \| agency \| agent \| aid \| allele \| allelomorph \| Altmann theory \| amanuensis \| antecedent \| antecedents \| appraise \| appurtenance \| article \| aspect \| assess \| assignee \| assistant \| attorney \| backer \| baggage agent \| bailiff \| banker \| base \| basis \| birth \| business agent \| butler \| call \| case \| catalog \| categorize \| causation \| cause \| cause and effect \| character \| chromatid \| chromatin \| chromosome \| circumstance \| claim agent \| class \| classify \| clerk \| coadjutor \| commercial agent \| commission agent \| component \| consideration \| consignee \| constituent \| contents \| count \| croupier \| curator \| custodian \| customer agent \| datum \| De Vries theory \| deputy \| detail \| determinant \| determinative \| determiner \| diathesis \| DNA \| dupe \| element \| emcee \| endowment \| etiology \| eugenics \| evaluate \| facet \| fact \| feature \| fed \| Federal \| federal agent \| financier \| fixings \| freight agent \| functionary \| Galtonian theory \| gauge \| gene \| general agent \| genesiology \| genetic code \| genetics \| go-between \| ground \| grounds \| group \| guardian \| helper \| hereditability \| heredity \| heritability \| heritage \| housekeeper \| identify \| implement \| inborn capacity \| incidental \| influence \| ingredient \| inheritability \| inheritance \| instance \| instrument \| instrumentality \| insurance agent \| integrant \| intermediary \| item \| land agent \| landreeve \| law agent \| lender \| librarian \| literary agent \| loan agent \| majordomo \| makings \| master of ceremonies \| matrocliny \| matter \| MC \| means \| Mendelianism \| Mendelism \| middleman \| minor detail \| minutia \| minutiae \| moneylender \| news agent \| occasion \| official \| parliamentary agent \| part \| part and parcel \| particular \| passenger agent \| patrocliny \| pharmacogenetics \| piece \| point \| press agent \| principle \| proctor \| procurator \| proxy \| puppet \| purchasing agent \| real estate agent \| recessive character \| regard \| replication \| representative \| respect \| RNA \| sales agent \| secretary \| seneschal \| sift \| sort \| sort out \| special agent \| specialty \| station agent \| steward \| stimulus \| theatrical agent \| thing \| thrash out \| ticket agent \| tool \| travel agent \| Verworn theory \| walking delegate \| weigh \| Weismann theory \| Weismannism \| Wiesner theory \| winnow See Also \| allele \| allelomorph \| auctioneer \| be all and end all \| be-all and end-all \| bourgeois \| brokerage \| brokerage firm \| businessperson \| calculate \| cause \| chromosome \| cipher \| common divisor \| common factor \| common measure \| compute \| constant of proportionality \| conversion factor \| cypher \| deflator \| division \| dominant gene \| equivalent-binary-digit factor \| estate agent \| factor of proportionality \| figure \| general agent \| genetic marker \| holandric gene \| house agent \| insurance agent \| insurance broker \| integer \| intrinsic factor \| investment banker \| land agent \| lethal gene \| linkage group \| linked genes \| modifier \| modifier gene \| mutant gene \| nonallele \| number \| oncogene \| operator gene \| parameter \| part \| point \| prime factor \| protein molecule \| proto-oncogene \| real estate agent \| real estate broker \| realtor \| recessive gene \| reckon \| regulator gene \| regulatory gene \| releasing factor \| releasing hormone \| repressor gene \| RF \| section \| securities firm \| ship broker \| stockbroker \| structural gene \| suppresser \| suppresser gene \| suppressor \| suppressor gene \| syndic \| transforming gene \| travel agent \| underwriter \| unknown quantity \| whole number \| wild card \| work out \| X-linked gene \| Y-linked gene Factor In Webster's Dictionary \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. My factor sends me word, a merchant's fled That owes me for a hundred tun of wine. --Marlowe. 2. A steward or bailiff of an estate. [Scot.] --Sir W. Scott. 3. (Math.) One of the elements or quantities which, when multiplied together, from a product. 4. One of the elements, circumstances, or influences which contribute to produce a result; a constituent. The materal and dynamical factors of nutrition. --H. Spencer. \Fac"tor\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Factored} (-t?rd); p. pr. & vb. n. {Factoring}.] (Mach.) To resolve (a quantity) into its factors.

Factor Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Factor?

[n] a segment of DNA found on a chromosome that codes for a particular protein; a unit of heredity; "genes were formerly called factors"
[n] anything that contributes causally to a result; "a number of factors determined the outcome"
[n] a businessman who buys or sells for another in exchange for a commission
[n] any of the numbers (or symbols) that form a product when multiplied together
[n] one of two or more integers that can be exactly divided into another integer; "what are the 4 factors of 6?"
[v] resolve into factors

Factor In Webster's Dictionary

\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.

         My factor sends me word, a merchant's fled That owes
         me for a hundred tun of wine.         --Marlowe.

2. A steward or bailiff of an estate. [Scot.] --Sir W. Scott.

3. (Math.) One of the elements or quantities which, when
   multiplied together, from a product.

4. One of the elements, circumstances, or influences which
   contribute to produce a result; a constituent.

         The materal and dynamical factors of nutrition. --H.
                                               Spencer.


\Fac"tor\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Factored} (-t?rd); p. pr.
& vb. n. {Factoring}.] (Mach.)
To resolve (a quantity) into its factors.

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