Factor

Noun

 * 1) A doer, maker; a person who does things for another person or organization
 * 2) An integral part
 * 3)  Any of various objects multiplied together to form some whole
 * 4)  Influence; a phenomenon that affects the nature, the magnitude, and/or the timing of a consequence

Verb

 * 1)  To find all the factors of (a number or other mathematical object) (the objects that divide it evenly).
 * 2)  To be a product of other objects.

Adjectives for Factor
selective; dietary; prominent; etiological; potent; growth; significant; vital; psychological; unfortunate; inestimable; additional; causative; determining; indispensable; compensating; prime; intellectual; dependable; encouraging; underlying; distinct; astounding; contributory; fundamental; outside; limiting; legendary; inherited; unquestioned; environmental; important; practical; dominant; industrial; external; material; essential; responsible; decisive; narcissistic; ecclesiastical; obvious; negligible; despised; dangerous; racial; geographical; constitutional; constant; motivating; all-pervasive; avoidable; incalculable; various (plural).

Verbs for Factor
belittle —; consider —; coordinate —s; embrace —; establish —; influence by —; limit—s; ponder —; reckon —; reveal —; unravel —; weigh —; —s converge; — determines ; — emerges; —looms; — militate against; — predisposes; — dominates.

Synonyms for Factor
agent, steward, bailiff, deputy, manager, representative, substitute, delegate, proxy, commissioner, vicar, attorney, actor, doer, element, part.

Derived terms

 * factor in
 * refactor
 * corn-factor
 * factorize
 * factorization
 * form factor
 * pull factor
 * push factor

Related terms

 * fact
 * faction
 * factorial
 * factory
 * fashion

Thesaurus
appraise, appurtenance, article, aspect, assess, assignee, assistant, attorney, backer, baggage agent, bailiff, banker, base, basis, birth, business agent, butler, call, case, catalog, categorize, causation, cause, cause and effect, character, chromatid, chromatin, chromosome, circumstance, claim agent, class, classify, clerk, coadjutor, commercial agent, commission agent, component, consideration, consignee, constituent, contents, count, croupier, curator, custodian, customer agent, datum, deputy, detail, determinant, determinative, determiner, diathesis, dupe, element, emcee, endowment, etiology, eugenics, evaluate, facet, fact, feature, fed, federal agent, financier, fixings, freight agent, functionary, gauge, gene, general agent, genesiology, genetic code, genetics, go-between, ground, grounds, group, guardian, helper, hereditability, heredity, heritability, heritage, housekeeper, identify, implement, inborn capacity, incidental, influence, ingredient, inheritability, inheritance, instance, instrument, instrumentality, insurance agent, integrant, intermediary, item, land agent, landreeve, law agent, lender, librarian, literary agent, loan agent, majordomo, makings, master of ceremonies, matrocliny, matter, means, middleman, minor detail, minutia, minutiae, moneylender, news agent, occasion, official, parliamentary agent, part, part and parcel, particular, passenger agent, patrocliny, pharmacogenetics, piece, point, press agent, principle, proctor, procurator, proxy, puppet, purchasing agent, real estate agent, recessive character, regard, replication, representative, respect, sales agent, secretary, seneschal, sift, sort, sort out, special agent, specialty, station agent, steward, stimulus, theatrical agent, thing, thrash out, ticket agent, tool, travel agent, walking delegate, weigh, winnow

Etymology
From factor:, from perfect passive participle factus:, from facio:.

Noun

 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: (dàilǐshāng)
 * Danish:
 * Dutch: uitvoerder
 * Finnish: ,


 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:, , торговый агент, доверенное лицо, представитель
 * Scottish Gaelic:, ,


 * Arabic:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: (yīnzǐ)
 * Danish:
 * Estonian:
 * Finnish:
 * German:
 * Greek:


 * Hebrew: גורם, חלק אינטגרלי
 * Hungarian:
 * Italian:
 * Norwegian:
 * Russian:, движущая сила
 * Serbian:
 * Swedish: faktor
 * Turkish: etken, faktör


 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: (xìshù)
 * Danish:
 * Estonian:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German:
 * Hebrew: גורם
 * Icelandic:


 * Irish: fachtóir
 * Italian:
 * Manx: faghteyr
 * Norwegian:
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian: множитель,, показатель
 * Swedish: faktor
 * Turkish: çarpan


 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: (yīnsù)
 * Danish:
 * Finnish:
 * German:


 * Greek:
 * Hebrew: גורם
 * Italian:
 * Norwegian: ,

Verb

 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: (fēnjiěyīnzǐ)
 * Danish: faktorisere
 * Finnish: jakaa tekijöihin


 * Hebrew: לפרק לגורמים
 * Icelandic: þátta, þætta, leysa upp í þætti
 * Italian:
 * Norwegian: faktorisere

Etymology
factor:

Noun

 * 1) factor integral part

Noun

 * 1) a factor, element
 * 2)  factor

Etymology
From facio:.

Noun

 * 1) One who or which does or makes something; doer, maker, performer, perpetrator, agent, player.

Descendants

 * Catalan:
 * Crimean Tatar:
 * English:
 * French:


 * Italian:
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:
 * Spanish:

Noun

 * 1) factor