Definition of factor

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Factor (v. t.) To resolve (a quantity) into its factors.

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Factor :: Factor (n.) One who transacts business for another; an agent; a substitute; especially, a mercantile agent who buys and sells goods and transacts business for others in commission; a commission merchant or consignee. He may be a home factor or a foreign factor. He may buy and sell in his own name, and he is intrusted with the possession and control of the goods; and in these respects he differs from a broker..
Root :: Root (n.) That factor of a quantity which when multiplied into itself will produce that quantity; thus, 3 is a root of 9, because 3 multiplied into itself produces 9; 3 is the cube root of 27..
Manufactory :: Manufactory (a.) Pertaining to manufacturing.
Shopman :: Shopman (n.) One who works in a shop or a factory.
Fully :: Fully (adv.) In a full manner or degree; completely; entirely; without lack or defect; adequately; satisfactorily; as, to be fully persuaded of the truth of a proposition..
Smell :: Smell (n.) To perceive by the olfactory nerves, or organs of smell; to have a sensation of, excited through the nasal organs when affected by the appropriate materials or qualities; to obtain the scent of; as, to smell a rose; to smell perfumes..
Explanation :: Explanation (n.) That which explains or makes clear; as, a satisfactory explanation..
Factory :: Factory (n.) A building, or collection of buildings, appropriated to the manufacture of goods; the place where workmen are employed in fabricating goods, wares, or utensils; a manufactory; as, a cotton factory..
Factoring :: Factoring (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Facto.
Armory :: Armory (n.) A manufactory of arms, as rifles, muskets, pistols, bayonets, swords..
Homogeneous :: Homogeneous (a.) Possessing the same number of factors of a given kind; as, a homogeneous polynomial..
Luddite :: Luddite (n.) One of a number of riotous persons in England, who for six years (1811-17) tried to prevent the use of labor-saving machinery by breaking it, burning factories, etc.; -- so called from Ned Lud, a half-witted man who some years previously had broken stocking frames..
Satisfyingly :: Satisfyingly (adv.) So as to satisfy; satisfactorily.
Factorial :: Factorial (n.) A name given to the factors of a continued product when the former are derivable from one and the same function F(x) by successively imparting a constant increment or decrement h to the independent variable. Thus the product F(x).F(x + h).F(x + 2h) . . . F[x + (n-1)h] is called a factorial term, and its several factors take the name of factorials..
Dissatisfactory :: Dissatisfactory (a.) Causing dissatisfaction; unable to give content; unsatisfactory; displeasing.
Munificent :: Munificent (a.) Very liberal in giving or bestowing; lavish; as, a munificent benefactor..
Olfactory :: Olfactory (n.) An olfactory organ; also, the sense of smell; -- usually in the plural..
Factories :: Factories (pl. ) of Factor.
Jenny :: "Jenny (n.) A machine for spinning a number of threads at once, -- used in factories..
Coucher :: Coucher (n.) A factor or agent resident in a country for traffic.
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