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Definition of factor:
- A steward or bailiff of an estate.
- One of the elements or quantities which, when multiplied together, from a product.
- One of the elements, circumstances, or influences which contribute to produce a result; a constituent.
- 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.
- To resolve ( a quantity) into its factors.
Synonyms:
divisor, gene, quality, nature, common multiple, assess, operator, imperial, federal agent, measure, agentive role, estimate, procurator, element, envoy, real, property, grammatical constituent, fixings, count, fact, particular, determine, building block, common factor, circumstance, performer, facet, prove, factor in, calibration, metric, metrication, computation, gradation, peculiarity, project, absolute, arithmetic progression, chemical element, reckon, ingredient, aspect, mover, base, component, cistron, agent, broker, graduation, commissary, administrator, component part, add up, assignee, Arabic numeral, calculate, steward, promoter, doer, factor out, constituent, means, rep, integrant, compute, constant, detail, minister, geocentric.
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cause (part of speech: noun)
- effectuation,
- grounds,
- provocation,
- motivator,
- source,
- effectuation,
- compunction,
- force,
- origination,
- action,
- root,
- enforcement,
- generation,
- elicitation,
- cause,
- inspiration,
- determinant,
- motive,
- execution,
- drive,
- evocation,
- stimulus,
- compulsion,
- basis,
- mainspring
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agent (part of speech: noun)
- deputy,
- middleman,
- instrument,
- actor,
- broker,
- liaison,
- appointee,
- go-between,
- delegate,
- intermediary,
- operative,
- executor,
- representative,
- ombudsman,
- agent,
- lieutenant,
- emissary,
- mediator,
- agency,
- surrogate,
- substitute,
- proxy,
- vehicle,
- impresario,
- attorney,
- alternate,
- auxiliary,
- second
- component (part of speech: noun)
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mathematics (part of speech: noun)
- divisor,
- multiplicator,
- cube root,
- cube,
- multiple,
- algorithm,
- increment,
- denominator,
- geometry,
- logarithm,
- root,
- multiplier,
- quotient,
- dividend,
- fraction,
- exponent,
- radix,
- differential calculus,
- square root,
- quadratics,
- multiplicand,
- trigonometry,
- coefficient,
- calculus,
- arithmetic,
- numerator,
- modulus,
- antilogarithm,
- subtrahend,
- formula,
- algebra,
- power,
- index,
- minuend,
- integral,
- reciprocal,
- algorithm
- simplify (part of speech: verb)
Usage examples:
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Sanchia bestowed upon the girl a long searching look; it may have suggested itself to Sanchia's open mind at that instant that Helen was likely to prove a more troublesome factor than she had counted on.
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The tunnel added a new and puzzling factor to the problem already before me, and I was eager for an opportunity to sit down in peace and comfort to study the situation.
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Again the doubtful factor is the possibility for further discoveries.