factor
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1. element
1. fac.tor \'fak-t*r\ \-.ship\ n [ME, fr. MF facteur, fr. L factor doer,
fr. factus] 1: one who acts or transacts business for another : as 1a:
COMMISSION MERCHANT 1b: an agent in charge of a trading post 2a:
something that actively contributes to the production of a result :
(MINGREDIENT 2b: a good or service used in the process of production 3a:
GENE 3b: a presumed equivalent of a gene 4a: any of the numbers or
symbols in mathematics that when multiplied toget her form a product 4b:
the number by which a given time is multiplied in photography to give t he
complete time for exposure or development 4c: a number that converts by
multiplication the weight of one substance in to the chemically equivalent
weight of another substance - fac.tor.ship n
2. factor \-t(*-)rin\ \-t(*-)r*-b*l\ vt or fac.tor.ing 1: to resolve into
factors 2: to act as factor for - fac.tor.able aj