factor" : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: factor	by the DICT Development Group
5 results for factor
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
factor n anything that contributes causally to a result; "a number of factors determined the outcome" 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" Synonym(s): component, constituent, element, factor, ingredient one of two or more integers that can be exactly divided into another integer; "what are the 4 factors of 6?" Synonym(s): divisor, factor a businessman who buys or sells for another in exchange for a commission Synonym(s): agent, factor, 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; "genes were formerly called factors" Synonym(s): gene, cistron, factor v resolve into factors; "a quantum computer can factor the number 15" Synonym(s): factor, factor in, factor out be a contributing factor; "make things factor into a company's profitability" consider as relevant when making a decision; "You must factor in the recent developments" Synonym(s): factor, factor in, factor out
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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. 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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Factor \Fac"tor\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Factored} (-t?rd); p. pr. & vb. n. {Factoring}.] (Mach.) To resolve (a quantity) into its factors.
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]:
factor n. See {coefficient of X}.
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
factor A quantity which is multiplied by another quantity. See {coefficient of X}. See also {divisor}. [{Jargon File}]