factor
因素,因数,因因素,因子
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Definitions
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- : one of the elements contributing to a particular result or situation: Poverty is only one of the factors in crime.
- : Mathematics. one of two or more numbers, algebraic expressions, or the like, that when multiplied together produce a given product; a divisor: 6 and 3 are factors of 18.
- : Biochemistry. any of certain substances necessary to a biochemical or physiological process, especially those whose exact nature and function are unknown.
- : a business organization that lends money on accounts receivable or buys and collects accounts receivable.
- : a person who acts or transacts business for another; an agent.
- : an agent entrusted with the possession of goods to be sold in the agent's name; a merchant earning a commission by selling goods belonging to others.
- : a person or business organization that provides money for another's new business venture; one who finances another's business.
- : factor of production.
- : Scot. the steward or bailiff of an estate.
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- : Mathematics. to express as a product of two or more quantities of like kind, as 30 = 2·3·5, or x2 − y2 =.Compare expand.
- : to act as a factor for.
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- : to act as a factor.
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- : factor in / into to include as an essential element, especially in forecasting or planning: You must factor insurance payments into the cost of maintaining a car.
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Examples
It can differ from a person’s chronological age owing to health and lifestyle factors, as well as genetics.
So, ideally, we’d want to know how well each vaccine works in people with the most significant risk factors.
Price tends to be a significant factor in the success of a video game console.
Key factor that’s already changing rankings is Cumulative Layout Shift.
No single factor can explain, say, why one person pursues a life of crime and another excels in college.
It is the steady accretion of detail that may yet be the most damaging factor in the battle for British hearts and minds.
The quality of the music is a major factor in this recent surge.
Therefore in our view we need to talk about our wood management before any other factor in the maturation of The Macallan.
But while the GoPro is impressive by itself, it has some serious wow factor when combined with a drone.
The main factor at the time was simply a lack of opportunity before we ended the book for the big New 52 line-wide relaunch.
Where goods are confided to a factor without instructions, authority to exercise a fair and reasonable discretion is implied.
The authority of a factor to fix the terms of selling may be by agreement or by usage, like any other agent.
A factor is employed to sell goods, and not to barter or exchange them, and if he should do this his principal could recover them.
The true causes of the depression were not within the control of the Insular Government or of any ruling factor.
This pronunciation of the nasal vowels in French is, as is well known, an important factor in the famous "accent du Midi."