OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 3001

factor

/ˈfæk.tə/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
factor
Any of various objects multiplied together to form some whole.
3 is a factor of 12, as are 2, 4 and 6.
The factors of the Klein four-group are both cyclic of order 2.
factor
Influence; a phenomenon that affects the nature, the magnitude, and/or the timing of a consequence.
Similar studies of rats have employed four different intracranial resorbable, slow sustained release systems— […]. Such a slow-release device containing angiogenic factors could be…
The launch temperature was a factor of the Challenger disaster.
Word forms
📚 verb • entry_id 3002

factor

/ˈfæk.tə/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
factorizar
To find all the factors of (a number or other mathematical object) (the objects that divide it evenly).
factorizar
To rewrite an expression as the product of its factors.