Factor

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English

Etymology

From Latin factor (“‘a doer, maker, performer’”), from perfect passive participle factus (“‘done or made’”), from faciō (“‘do, make’”).

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Noun

Singular Factor

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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.

2. 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.

3. (mathematics) Any of various objects 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.

4. (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 — 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.

Derived terms

• corn-factor
• factorize
• factorization
• form factor
• pull factor
• push factor

Related terms

• fact
• faction
• factorial
• factory
• fashion

Translations

doer, maker

Chinese: Mandarin: trad. 代理商, simpl. 代理商 (dàilǐshāng) Danish: agent da(da) c.

Finnish: tekijä fi(fi), edustaja fi(fi) Portuguese: fator pt(pt) m. Scottish Gaelic: maor gd(gd) m., seumarlan gd(gd) m., bàillidh gd(gd) m.

integral part

Arabic: عامل ar(ar) (3aamil) m. Chinese: Mandarin: trad. 因子, simpl. 因子 (yīnzǐ) Danish: faktor da(da) c. Estonian: tegur et(et) Finnish: tekijä fi(fi) German: Faktor de(de) m.

Greek: παράγοντας el(el) (parágontas) m. Hebrew: Template:He-translation m., Template:He-translation m. Hungarian: tényező hu(hu) Italian: fattore it(it) m. Norwegian: faktor no(no) m. Turkish: etken tr(tr), faktör tr(tr)

mathematical sense

Chinese: Mandarin: trad. 係數, simpl. 系数 (xìshù) Danish: faktor da(da) c. Estonian: tegur et(et) Finnish: tekijä fi(fi) French: facteur fr(fr) m. German: Faktor de(de) m.

Hebrew: Template:He-translation m. Italian: fattore it(it) m. Norwegian: faktor no(no) m. Polish: czynnik pl(pl) m. Portuguese: fator pt(pt) m. Turkish: çarpan tr(tr)

influence

Chinese: Mandarin: trad. 因素, simpl. 因素 (yīnsù) Danish: faktor da(da) c. Finnish: tekijä fi(fi) German: Faktor de(de) m.

Greek: παράγοντας el(el) (parágontas) m. Hebrew: Template:He-translation m. Italian: fattore it(it) m. Norwegian: faktor no(no) m., årsak no(no) m.

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Bulgarian: фактор m (2), делител m (3) Esperanto: faktoro French: facteur m

Interlingua: factor Latin: factor m Spanish: factor

Verb

Infinitive to Factor

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to Factor (third-person singular simple present -, present participle -, simple past and past participle -)

1. (transitive) To find all the factors of (a number or other mathematical object) (the objects that divide it evenly).
2. (of a number or other mathematical object, intransitive) To be a product of other objects.

Derived terms

• factor in
• refactor

Translations

to find all factors of a number

Chinese: Mandarin: trad. 分解因子, simpl. 分解因子 (fēnjiěyīnzǐ) Danish: faktorisere Finnish: jakaa tekijöihin

Hebrew: Template:He-translation Italian: fattorizzare it(it) Norwegian: faktorisere no(no)

External links

• Factor in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• Factor in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911

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Catalan

Etymology

Latin factor

Noun

Factor m. (plural Factors)

1. factor (integral part)

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Dutch

Noun

Factor m. (plural Factoren, diminutive factortje, diminutive plural factortjes)

1. a factor, element
2. (mathematics) factor

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Latin

Etymology

From faciō (“‘do, make’”).

Noun

factor (genitive factōris); m, third declension

1. One who or which does or makes something; doer, maker, performer, perpetrator, agent, player.

Inflection

Number	Singular	Plural
nominative	factor	factōrēs
genitive	factōris	factōrum
dative	factōrī	factōribus
accusative	factōrem	factōrēs
ablative	factōre	factōribus
vocative	factor	factōrēs

Descendants

Catalan: factor Crimean Tatar: faktor English: factor French: facteur

Italian: fattore Portuguese: factor Spanish: factor

References

• “Factor” in Charlton T. Lewis & Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1879

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Spanish

Noun

Factor m. (plural factores)

Singular Factor m.

Plural factores m.

1. factor

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