factor

名词 factor:

anything that contributes causally to a result

an abstract part of something

同义词：component, constituent, element, ingredient

any of the numbers (or symbols) that form a product when multiplied together

one of two or more integers that can be exactly divided into another integer

同义词：divisor

a businessman who buys or sells for another in exchange for a commission

同义词：agent, broker

an independent variable in statistics

(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

同义词：gene, cistron

动词 factor:

resolve into factors

同义词：factor in, factor out