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5 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Factor \Fac"tor\, n. [L. factor a doer: cf F. facteur a factor. See {Fact}.] 1. (Law) One who transacts business for another; an agent; a substitute; especially, a mercantile agent who buys and sells goods and transacts business for others in commission; a commission merchant or consignee. He may be a home factor or a foreign factor. He may buy and sell in his own name and he is intrusted with the possession and control of the goods; and in these respects he differs from a broker. --Story. --Wharton. My factor sends me word a merchant's fled That owes me for a hundred tun of wine. --Marlowe. 2. A steward or bailiff of an estate. [Scot.] --Sir W. Scott. 3. (Math.) One of the elements or quantities which when multiplied together, from a product. 4. One of the elements, circumstances, or influences which contribute to produce a result; a constituent. The materal and dynamical factors of nutrition. --H. Spencer. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Factor \Fac"tor\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Factored} (-t?rd); p. pr & vb n. {Factoring}.] (Mach.) To resolve (a quantity) into its factors. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: factor n 1: anything that contributes causally to a result; "a number of factors determined the outcome" 2: 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" [syn: {component}, {constituent}, {element}, {ingredient}] 3: any of the numbers (or symbols) that form a product when multiplied together 4: one of two or more integers that can be exactly divided into another integer; "what are the 4 factors of 6?" [syn: {divisor}] 5: a businessman who buys or sells for another in exchange for a commission [syn: {agent}, {broker}] v : resolve into factors [syn: {factor in}, {factor out}] From Jargon File (4.2.3, 23 NOV 2000) [jargon]: factor n. See {coefficient of X}. From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (13 Mar 01) [foldoc]: factor A quantity which is multiplied by another quantity. See {coefficient of X}. See also {divisor}. [{Jargon File}]
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