[noun] anything that contributes causally to a result; "a number of factors determined the outcome"
[noun] 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" Synonyms:component, constituent, element, ingredient
[noun] any of the numbers (or symbols) that form a product when multiplied together
[noun] one of two or more integers that can be exactly divided into another integer; "what are the 4 factors of 6?" Synonyms:divisor
[noun] a businessman who buys or sells for another in exchange for a commission Synonyms:agent, broker
[noun] an independent variable in statistics
[noun] (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" Synonyms:gene, cistron
[verb] resolve into factors; "a quantum computer can factor the number 15" Synonyms:in, out
