| 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” |
| noun | one of two or more integers that can be exactly divided into another integer “what are the 4 factors of 6?” |
| noun | a businessman who buys or sells for another in exchange for a commission |
| noun | any of the numbers (or symbols) that form a product when multiplied together |
| 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” |
| verb | resolve into factors “a quantum computer can factor the number 15” |
| verb | be a contributing factor “make things factor into a company's profitability” |
| verb | consider as relevant when making a decision “You must factor in the recent developments” |
| compose | verb | form the substance of |
| factorize | verb | resolve (a polynomial) into factors |
| factor | verb | resolve into factors |
| agential | adjective | of or relating to an agent or agency |
| broker | verb | act as a broker |
| genetical | adjective | of or relating to or produced by or being a gene |
| genic | adjective | of or relating to or produced by or being a gene |
| genetic | adjective | of or relating to the science of genetics |
| factor | noun | one of two or more integers that can be exactly divided into another integer |
| factorization | noun | (mathematics) the resolution of an entity into factors such that when multiplied together they give the original entity |
| factorisation | noun | (mathematics) the resolution of an entity into factors such that when multiplied together they give the original entity |
| factoring | noun | (mathematics) the resolution of an entity into factors such that when multiplied together they give the original entity |