be a contributing factor
“make things factor into a company's profitability”
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
“genes were formerly called factors”
an abstract part of something
“a key factor in her success”
one of two or more integers that can be exactly divided into another integer
“what are the 4 factors of 6?”
consider as relevant when making a decision
“You must factor in the recent developments”
an independent variable in statistics
any of the numbers (or symbols) that form a product when multiplied together
anything that contributes causally to a result
“a number of factors determined the outcome”