factor
noun
[ ˈfaktə ]
• a circumstance, fact, or influence that contributes to a result.
• "his skill was a factor in ensuring that so much was achieved"
Similar:
element,
part,
component,
ingredient,
strand,
constituent,
point,
detail,
item,
feature,
facet,
aspect,
characteristic,
consideration,
influence,
circumstance,
thing,
determinant,
• a number or quantity that when multiplied with another produces a given number or expression.
• "an amount that exceeds it by a factor of 1000 or more"
• a level on a scale of measurement.
• any of a number of substances in the blood, mostly identified by numerals, which are involved in coagulation.
• an agent who buys and sells goods on commission.
• "his father was chief factor for the Hudson's Bay Company"
Similar:
agent,
representative,
deputy,
middleman,
intermediary,
go-between,
estate manager,
land agent,
land steward,
reeve,
factor
verb
• another term for factorize.
• "last year researchers factored a number 155 digits long"
• organize (the source code of a piece of software) into different components that are easier to maintain and work with.
• "this situation occurs when code is factored to remove application- and domain-specific dependencies"
• (of a company) sell (its invoices) to a factor.
• "they collected rents while he factored these forfeited estates"
Origin:
late Middle English (meaning ‘doer’, also in the Scots sense ‘agent’): from French facteur or Latin factor, from fact- ‘done’, from the verb facere .
