factor
♦♦ fac|tor /f'æktər/ (factors factoring factored)
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A factor is one of the things that affects an event, decision, or situation.
Physical activity is an important factor in maintaining fitness.
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If an amount increases by a factor of two, for example, or by a factor of eight, then it becomes two times bigger or eight times bigger.
The cost of butter quadrupled and bread prices increased by a factor of five.
3 [N-SING] usu a N of num
You can use factor to refer to a particular level on a scale of measurement.
...suncream with a protection factor of 8.
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A factor of a whole number is a smaller whole number which can be multiplied with another whole number to produce the first whole number. (TECHNICAL)factor in
or factor into
[PHRASAL VERB] V P n (not pron), V n P n, also V n P
If you factor a particular cost or element into a calculation you are making, or if you factor it in, you include it. (mainly AM)
Using a computer model they factored in the costs of transplants for those women who die...
You'd better consider this and factor this into your decision making.Rh fac|tor /'ɑːr 'eɪtʃ fæktər/
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The Rh factor is the same as the rhesus factor.rhe|sus fac|tor /r'iːsəs fæktər/
[N-SING]
The rhesus factor is something that is in the blood of most people. If someone's blood contains this factor, they are rhesus positive. If it does not, they are rhesus negative.
= Rh factor
1 [N-COUNT]
A factor is one of the things that affects an event, decision, or situation.
Physical activity is an important factor in maintaining fitness.
2 [N-COUNT] usu sing, usu a N of num
If an amount increases by a factor of two, for example, or by a factor of eight, then it becomes two times bigger or eight times bigger.
The cost of butter quadrupled and bread prices increased by a factor of five.
3 [N-SING] usu a N of num
You can use factor to refer to a particular level on a scale of measurement.
...suncream with a protection factor of 8.
4 [N-COUNT]
A factor of a whole number is a smaller whole number which can be multiplied with another whole number to produce the first whole number. (TECHNICAL)factor in
or factor into
[PHRASAL VERB] V P n (not pron), V n P n, also V n P
If you factor a particular cost or element into a calculation you are making, or if you factor it in, you include it. (mainly AM)
Using a computer model they factored in the costs of transplants for those women who die...
You'd better consider this and factor this into your decision making.Rh fac|tor /'ɑːr 'eɪtʃ fæktər/
[N-UNCOUNT]
The Rh factor is the same as the rhesus factor.rhe|sus fac|tor /r'iːsəs fæktər/
[N-SING]
The rhesus factor is something that is in the blood of most people. If someone's blood contains this factor, they are rhesus positive. If it does not, they are rhesus negative.
= Rh factor