| English | French |
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| factor | facteur |
| factor | cause |
| factor | agent |
| factor | courtier |
| factor | diviseur |
| factor | coefficient |
| factor | décomposer en facteurs premiers |
| factor | affactureur |
| factor | élément |
English - Wordnet 3.0
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NOUN (7) 1. anything that contributes causally to a result; - Example: "a number of factors determined the outcome" 2. an abstract part of something; - Example: "jealousy was a component of his character" - Example: "two constituents of a musical composition are melody and harmony" - Example: "the grammatical elements of a sentence" - Example: "a key factor in her success" - Example: "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; - Example: "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; - Example: "genes were formerly called factors" [syn: gene, cistron, factor] VERB (3) 1. resolve into factors; - Example: "a quantum computer can factor the number 15" [syn: factor, factor in, factor out] 2. be a contributing factor; - Example: "make things factor into a company's profitability" 3. consider as relevant when making a decision; - Example: "You must factor in the recent developments" [syn: factor, factor in, factor out] | |