Found 4 items, similar to Factor.
English → Indonesian (Kamus Landak)
Definition: factor
faktor
English → Indonesian (quick)
Definition: factor
faktor, unsur
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: factor
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,
ingredient]
3: any of the numbers (or symbols) that form a product when
multiplied together
4: one of two or more integers that can be exactly divided into
another integer;
“what are the 4 factors of 6?” [syn:
divisor]
5: a businessman who buys or sells for another in exchange for
a commission [syn:
agent,
broker]
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 : resolve into factors;
“a quantum computer can factor the
number 15” [syn:
factor in,
factor out]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Factor
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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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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