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| NOUN | 1 | factor | Anything that contributes causally to a result |
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| 2 | factor, component, constituent, element, ingredient | An abstract part of something | |
| 3 | factor | Any of the numbers (or symbols) that form a product when multiplied together | |
| 4 | factor, divisor | One of two or more integers that can be exactly divided into another integer | |
| 5 | factor, agent, broker | A businessman who buys or sells for another in exchange for a commission | |
| 6 | factor | An independent variable in statistics | |
| 7 | factor, gene, cistron | (genetics) a segment of DNA that is involved in producing a polypeptide chain | |
| VERB | 1 | factor, factor in, factor out | Resolve into factors |
| Sounds | fae'kter |
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| Rhymes | abductor, accelerator, accelerometer, and 628 more rhymes in ter... |
| Meaning | Anything that contributes causally to a result. |
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| Examples | "a number of factors determined the outcome" |
| Broader | cause |
| Narrower | parameter; unknown quantity; wild card; releasing factor, releasing hormone, RF; intrinsic factor |
| Meaning | An abstract part of something. |
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| Examples | "a key factor in her success" |
| Synonyms | component, constituent, element, ingredient |
| Broader | part, section, division |
| Narrower | be-all and end-all, be all and end all; plot element; point |
| Verbs | factorize |
| Meaning | Any of the numbers (or symbols) that form a product when multiplied together. |
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| Broader | number |
| Narrower | deflator; conversion factor; factor of proportionality, constant of proportionality |
| Verbs | factor; factorize |
| Meaning | One of two or more integers that can be exactly divided into another integer. |
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| Examples | "what are the 4 factors of 6?" |
| Synonyms | divisor |
| Broader | integer, whole number |
| Narrower | prime factor; equivalent-binary-digit factor; common divisor, common factor, common measure |
| Verbs | factor; factorize |
| Meaning | A businessman who buys or sells for another in exchange for a commission. |
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| Synonyms | agent, broker |
| Member of | brokerage, brokerage firm, securities firm |
| Broader | businessperson, bourgeois |
| Narrower | auctioneer; insurance broker, insurance agent, general agent, underwriter; investment banker, underwriter; realtor, real estate broker, real estate agent, estate agent, land agent, house agent; ship broker; stockbroker; syndic; travel agent |
| Meaning | An independent variable in statistics. |
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| Broader | independent variable, experimental variable |
| Meaning | (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. |
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| Examples | "genes were formerly called factors" |
| Synonyms | gene, cistron |
| Part of | chromosome; deoxyribonucleic acid, desoxyribonucleic acid, DNA |
| Category | genetics, genetic science; molecular biology |
| Broader | sequence |
| Narrower | dominant gene; allele, allelomorph; genetic marker; homeotic gene; lethal gene; linkage group, linked genes; modifier, modifier gene; mutant gene; nonallele; operator gene; oncogene, transforming gene; polygene; proto-oncogene; recessive gene; regulatory gene, regulator gene; repressor gene; structural gene; suppressor, suppresser, suppressor gene, suppresser gene; X-linked gene; Y-linked gene, holandric gene |
| Meaning | Resolve into factors. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something |
| Examples | "a quantum computer can factor the number 15" |
| Synonyms | factor in, factor out |
| Category | arithmetic |
| Broader | calculate, cipher, cypher, compute, work out, reckon, figure |
| Nouns | factor; factor; factorization, factorisation, factoring |
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