• Chinese:

  Mandarin: (xìshù)

• Danish: faktor
• Estonian: tegur
• Finnish: tekijä
• German: Faktor
• Hebrew:

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: (yīnsù)

• Danish: faktor
• Finnish: tekijä
• German: Faktor
• Hebrew:

• ttbc Bulgarian: фактор m (2), делител m (3)
• ttbc French: facteur m
• ttbc Hungarian: tényező
• ttbc Interlingua: factor
• ttbc Latin: factor m
• ttbc Spanish: factor

Verb

1. To find all the factors of (a number or other mathematical object) (the objects that divide it evenly).
2. In the context of "of a number or other mathematical object|intransitive": To be a product of other objects.

Translations

Derived terms

• corn-factor
• factor in
• factorial
• factorization
• pull factor
• push factor
• refactor

Latin

Etymology

From verb facere, do or make

Noun

factor, genitive factoris, plural factores

1. doer, maker; one who or which does or makes something

Spanish

Noun

1. factor

A factor, a Latin word meaning 'who/which acts' may refer to:

• Factor (agent), a person who acts for another, notably a mercantile and/or colonial agent
• Factor (Scotland), a person or firm managing a Scottish estate
• FACTOR, the Foundation to Assist Canadian Talent on Records
• Factors of production, a resource used in the production of goods and services
• An entity providing commercial finance services known as Factoring (finance)
• Max Factor, Sr., a Polish-American businessman and cosmetician
• Max Factor, Jr., son of the above, born Francis Factor
• Max Factor, a cosmetics company founded by Max Factor, Sr.
• John Factor, a Prohibition-era gangster

In science:

• An enzyme, proteins that catalyze chemical reactions
• Coagulation factors, substances essential for blood coagulation
• A phenomenon presumed to affect an experiment; see design of experiments

In mathematics:

• Factorization the decomposition of an object into a product of other objects
• Integer factorization, the process of breaking down a composite number into smaller non-trivial divisors
• a coefficient
• a divisor of a particular number, or of an element of a monoid
• a von Neumann algebra with a trivial center
• In easier words: A number that takes part in a multiplication giving a particular number.

In technology:

• Human factors, a profession that focuses on how people interact with products, tools, or procedures
• "Functionality, Application domain, Conditions, Technology, Objects and Responsibility;", In object-oriented programming

In computer science and information technology:

• Authentication factor, a piece of information used to verify a person's identity for security purposes
• Factor (Unix), a Unix command for numbers factorization
• Factor (programming language), an experimental Forth-like programming language

In television:

• The O'Reilly Factor, an American talk show hosted by Bill O'Reilly on Fox News.
• The Krypton Factor, a British game show hosted by Gordon Burns, formally on ITV. Also had an American version.

See also

• X Factor

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