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Noun factor has 7 senses

factor - anything that contributes causally to a result; "a number of factors determined the outcome"
--₁ is a kind of cause
--₁ has particulars:
parameter; unknown quantity; wild card; releasing factor, releasing hormone, RF; intrinsic factor
component, constituent, element, factor, ingredient - an abstract part of something; "jealousy was a component of his character"; "two constituents of a musical composition are melody and harmony"; "the grammatical elements of a sentence"; "a key factor in her success"; "humor: an effective ingredient of a speech"
--₂ is a kind of part, section, division
--₂ has particulars: point; be-all and end-all, be all and end all
Derived form: verb factorize₁
factor - any of the numbers (or symbols) that form a product when multiplied together
--₃ is a kind of number
--₃ has particulars:
deflator; conversion factor; factor of proportionality, constant of proportionality

Derived forms: verb factor₁, verb factorize₁
divisor, factor - one of two or more integers that can be exactly divided into another integer; "what are the 4 factors of 6?"
--₄ is a kind of integer, whole number
--₄ has particulars:
prime factor; equivalent-binary-digit factor; common divisor, common factor, common measure

Derived forms: verb factor₁, verb factorize₁

agent, factor, broker - a businessman who buys or sells for another in exchange for a commission
--₅ is a kind of businessperson, bourgeois
--₅ is a member of brokerage, brokerage firm, securities firm
--₅ has particulars:

auctioneer; insurance broker, insurance agent, general agent, underwriter; investment banker, underwriter; realtor, real estate broker, real estate agent, estate agent, land agent, house agent; ship broker; stockbroker; syndic; travel agent

factor - an independent variable in statistics
--₆ is a kind of independent variable, experimental variable

gene, cistron, factor - (genetics) a segment of DNA that is involved in producing a polypeptide chain; it can include regions preceding and following the coding DNA as well as introns between the exons; it is considered a unit of heredity; "genes were formerly called factors"
--₇ is a kind of sequence
--₇ is a part of deoxyribonucleic acid, desoxyribonucleic acid, DNA; chromosome
--₇ has particulars:

Verb factor has 1 sense

factor, factor in, factor out - resolve into factors; "a quantum computer can factor the number 15"
--₁ is one way to calculate, cipher, cypher, compute, work out, reckon, figure

Derived forms: noun factor₄, noun factor₃, noun factorization₁, noun factorisation₁, noun factoring₁
Sample sentence:
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