factor
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English[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
- factour (archaic)
Etymology[edit]
From Latin factor (“a doer, maker, performer”), from factus (“done or made”), perfect passive participle of faciō (“do, make”).
Pronunciation[edit]
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Noun[edit]
factor (plural factors)
- (obsolete) A doer, maker; a person who does things for another person or organization
- The factor of the trading post bought the furs.
- (now rare) An agent or representative.
- 1603, John Florio, translating Michel de Montaigne, Essays, II.21:
- And let such as will number the Kings of Castile and Portugall amongst the warlike and magnanimous conquerors, seeke for some other adherent then my selfe, forsomuch as twelve hundred leagues from their idle residence they have made themselves masters of both Indias, onely by the conduct and direction of their factors, of whom it would be knowne whether they durst but goe and enjoy them in person.
- 1644, John Milton, Aeropagitica:
- What does he therefore, but resolvs to give over toyling, and to find himself out som factor, to whose care and credit he may commit the whole managing of his religious affairs; som Divine of note and estimation that must be.
- 1603, John Florio, translating Michel de Montaigne, Essays, II.21:
- 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.
- (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.
- 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.
- (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.
- (economics) A resource used in the production of goods or services, a factor of production.
Derived terms[edit]
Terms derived from factor (noun)
Related terms[edit]
See also[edit]
- addition, summation: (augend) + (addend) = (summand) × (summand) = (sum, total)
- subtraction: (minuend) − (subtrahend) = (difference)
- multiplication: (multiplier) × (multiplicand) = (factor) × (factor) = (product)
- division: (dividend) ÷ (divisor) = (quotient), remainder left over if divisor does not divide dividend
Translations[edit]
doer, maker
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integral part
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mathematical sense
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influence
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Verb[edit]
factor (third-person singular simple present factors, present participle factoring, simple past and past participle factored)
- (transitive) To find all the factors of (a number or other mathematical object) (the objects that divide it evenly).
- (of a number or other mathematical object, intransitive) To be a product of other objects.
Derived terms[edit]
See also[edit]
- addition, summation: (augend) + (addend) = (summand) × (summand) = (sum, total)
- subtraction: (minuend) − (subtrahend) = (difference)
- multiplication: (multiplier) × (multiplicand) = (factor) × (factor) = (product)
- division: (dividend) ÷ (divisor) = (quotient), remainder left over if divisor does not divide dividend
Translations[edit]
to find all factors of a number
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External links[edit]
- factor in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- factor in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
Catalan[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Latin factor
Noun[edit]
factor m (plural factors)
- factor (integral part)
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Pronunciation[edit]
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Noun[edit]
factor m (plural factoren, diminutive factortje)
- a factor, element
- (mathematics) factor
Latin[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From faciō (“do, make”).
Noun[edit]
factor (genitive factōris); m, third declension
Inflection[edit]
| Number | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | factor | factōrēs |
| genitive | factōris | factōrum |
| dative | factōrī | factōribus |
| accusative | factōrem | factōrēs |
| ablative | factōre | factōribus |
| vocative | factor | factōrēs |
Descendants[edit]
References[edit]
- factor in Charlton T. Lewis & Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1879
Spanish[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
- Rhymes: -oɾ
Noun[edit]
factor m (plural factores)
