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factor
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[ noun ] anything that contributes causally to a result
Examples "a number of factors determined the outcome" Used in print (High Fidelity, 11:10...)This difference is made_up of many factors . Any alteration of one of these factors is distortion , although we generally use that word only for effects so pronounced that they can be stated quantitatively on the basis of standard tests . A contributing factor is the perspective , the uniform aesthetic distance which is maintained . (Richard I. McCosh, "Recreation Site Selection"...)This , of_course , depends_on the character of the site itself , the previous experience of the investigator , and the number of factors needed to arrive_at a good decision . Usually there are more factors to good site planning than first impressions . |
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[ noun ] an abstract part of something
Synonyms Examples : "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" "an effective ingredient of a speech" Used in print ([Anonymous,] "The Attack on Employee Services"...)Younger men usually do n't think_of pensions as an important job benefit factor anyhow and they 're liable to change jobs several times before settling_down . (Peter J. White, "Report on Laos"...)The soldiers are fighting and the Americans are helping , he said , but in the fight against the Pathet_Lao the key factor is the villager himself . (The Department of State: A Fresh Look at the...)The problem in the policy officer 's mind thus begins to take_shape as a galaxy of utterly complicated factors - political , military , economic , financial , legal , legislative , procedural , administrative - to be sorted_out and handled within a political_system which moves by consent in_relation_to an external environment which cannot be under_control . (Jesse W. Grimes and Wesley Allinsmith, "Compuls...)The question may be raised whether or not we are dealing with a common factor in anxiety and compulsivity . The relationship of intelligence_test scores to school achievement is a well established fact ( in this case , * * f ) ; therefore , in the investigation of the present hypothesis , it was necessary to control this factor . Related terms |
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[ noun ] (mathematics) any of the numbers (or symbols) that form a product when multiplied together
Related terms number constant_of_proportionality conversion_factor deflator |
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[ noun ] (mathematics) one of two or more integers that can be exactly divided into another integer
Synonyms Examples "what are the 4 factors of 6?" Used in print (J. F. Vedder, "Micrometeorites", in Francis S. J...)The day-to-day rate varied by less_than a factor of 4.5 . From an estimated mass of 25 g for a zero magnitude meteorite , the other masses are derived with the assumption of a mass decrease by a factor of 2.512 for each unit increase in magnitude . It is assumed that the flux values increase by a factor of 2.512 per magnitude , in accordance with the opinion that the total mass flux in each unit range in magnitude is constant . (Kenneth Hoffman and Ray Kunze, Linear Al...)Note also that if * * f , then * * f is divisible_by the polynomial p , because * * f contains each * * f as a factor . Related terms integer common_divisor equivalent-binary-digit_factor prime_factor |
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[ noun ] (business) a businessman who buys or sells for another in exchange for a commission
Used in print (John Harnsberger and Robert P. Wilkins,...)Alexander_McDonnell , governor of Red_River , and James_Bird , a chief factor of the Hudson's_Bay_Company , ordered such `` sundry articles '' to a value of 4500 . |
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[ verb ] (mathematics) resolve into factors
Synonyms Examples "a quantum computer can factor the number 15" Used in print (Kenneth Hoffman and Ray Kunze, Linear Al...)We can do this through the characteristic values and vectors of T in certain special cases , i.e. , when the minimal polynomial for T factors over the scalar_field F into a product of distinct monic_polynomials of degree 1 . Second , even if the characteristic polynomial factors completely over F into a product of polynomials of degree 1 , there may not be enough characteristic vectors for T to span the space V ; this is clearly a deficiency in T . Related terms |
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[ noun ] Last name, frequency rank in the U.S. is 18721
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[ noun ] (mathematics) an independent variable in statistics
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[ noun ] (chemistry) a self-replicating protein molecule that occupies a fixed place on a chromosome; a unit of heredity
Related terms sequence protein_molecule oncogene nonallele recessive_gene operator_gene lethal_gene modifier allele polygene dominant_gene proto-oncogene regulator_gene repressor_gene structural_gene suppresser x-linked_gene holandric_gene mutant_gene linkage_group homeotic_gene genetic_marker chromosome deoxyribonucleic_acid molecular_biology genetics |
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