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Meaning of factor

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [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}, {factor}, {ingredient}]
      3: one of two or more integers that can be exactly divided into
         another integer; "what are the 4 factors of 6?" [syn:
         {divisor}, {factor}]
      4: a businessman who buys or sells for another in exchange for a
         commission [syn: {agent}, {factor}, {broker}]
      5: any of the numbers (or symbols) that form a product when
         multiplied together
      6: an independent variable in statistics
      7: (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" [syn: {gene}, {cistron}, {factor}]
      v 1: resolve into factors; "a quantum computer can factor the
           number 15" [syn: {factor}, {factor in}, {factor out}]
      2: be a contributing factor; "make things factor into a
         company's profitability"
      3: consider as relevant when making a decision; "You must factor
         in the recent developments" [syn: {factor}, {factor in},
         {factor out}]

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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