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Etymology
From Latin factor, doer or maker, from perfect passive participle factus, done or made, from verb facere, do or make

Pronunciation
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Noun
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1. A doer, maker; a person who does things for another person or organization

#: The factor of the trading post bought the furs.

1. An integral part

#:The greatest factor in the decision was the need for public transportation.
#:The economy was a factor in this year's budget figures.

1. mathematics Any of various objects multiply|multiplied together to form some whole

#:3 is a factor of 12, as are 2, 4 and 6.
#:The factors of the Klein four-group are both cyclic of order 2.

1. (Root Cause Analysis) Influence; a phenomenon that affects the nature, the magnitude, and/or the timing of a consequence

#:The launch temperature was a factor of the Challenger disaster.

Quotations
1956 � w:Arthur C. Clarke|Arthur C. Clarke, The City and the Stars, p 38
:The first thousand primes...marched in order before him...the complete sequence of all those numbers that possessed no factors except themselves and unity.

Translations
trans-top|doer, maker
Danish: agent#Danish|agent c
Finnish: tekijä, edustaja
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trans-top|integral part
Danish: faktor c
Finnish: tekijä
Hebrew: he-translation|��ר�|gorém m, he-translation|��ק ��נ��ר��|khelék integráli m
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trans-top|mathematical sense
Danish: faktor c
Estonian: tegur
Finnish: tekijä
Hebrew: he-translation|��ר�|gorém m
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trans-top|influence
Danish: faktor c
Finnish: tekijä
Hebrew: he-translation|��ר�|gorém m
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ttbc|Bulgarian: �ак�о� m (2), дели�ел m (3)
ttbc|Chinese: �素 (yīn sù)
ttbc|French: facteur m
ttbc|German: Faktor m (2,3,4)
ttbc|Hungarian: tényez�
ttbc|Interlingua: factor
ttbc|Latin: #Latin|factor m
ttbc|Spanish: factor
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Verb
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1. transitive To find all the factors of (a number or other mathematical object) (the objects that divide it evenly).
2. context|of a number or other mathematical object|intransitive To be a product of other objects.

Category:English ergative verbs

Translations
trans-top|to find all factors of a number
Danish: faktorisere
Finnish: jakaa tekijä|tekijöihin
Hebrew: he-translation|�פרק ���ר���|lefarék legormím
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Derived terms
corn-factor
factor in
factorial
factorization
pull factor
push factor
refactor

Latin

Etymology
From verb facere, do or make

Noun
factor, genitive factoris, plural factores

1. doer, maker; one who or which does or makes something

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• 2007-11-19 17:43 - Msh210 - /* Verb */ Remove encyclopedic content: "often used...". Clean up verb definitions; indicate transitive/intransitive.

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