• noun:   an independent variable in statistics
• noun:   anything that contributes causally to a result

  Example: "A number of factors determined the outcome"

• noun:   any of the numbers (or symbols) that form a product when multiplied together
• noun:   a businessman who buys or sells for another in exchange for a commission
• noun:   one of two or more integers that can be exactly divided into another integer

  Example: "What are the 4 factors of 6?"

• noun:   (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

  Example: "Genes were formerly called factors"

• noun:   an abstract part of something

  Example: "A key factor in her success"

• verb:   resolve into factors

  Example: "A quantum computer can factor the number 15"

• name:  A surname (rare: 1 in 100000 families; popularity rank in the U.S.: #18721)

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