a factor to be taken into account
1factor — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ big, important, main, major, relevant, significant ▪ one of the most significant factors ▪ critical …
2factor — / fæktə/ noun 1. something which is important, or which is taken into account when making a decision ● The drop in sales is an important factor in the company’s lower profits. ● Motivation was an important factor in drawing up the new pay scheme …
3factor — / fæktə/ noun 1. something which is important or which is taken into account when making a decision ● The drop in sales is an important factor in the company’s lower profits. ● Motivation was an important factor in drawing up the new pay scheme.… …
4Factor — A financial institution that buys a firm s accounts receivables and collects the debt. The New York Times Financial Glossary * * * ▪ I. factor fac‧tor 1 [ˈfæktə ǁ ər] noun 1. [countable] one of many things that influence or affect a situation: •… …
5factor — (1) The percent of the original face of an MBS pool that remains outstanding at any given time is called the current factor. Principal payments, made by the borrowers, reduce the original face every month. Thus there is a new current factor each… …
6Factor analysis — is a statistical method used to describe variability among observed, correlated variables in terms of a potentially lower number of unobserved, uncorrelated variables called factors. In other words, it is possible, for example, that variations in …
7Scale factor (computer science) — A scale factor is used in computer science when a real world set of numbers needs to be represented on a different scale in order to fit a specific number format. For instance, a 16 bit unsigned integer ( uint16 ) can only hold a value as large… …
8Compressibility factor — Thermodynamics …
9Structure factor — In physics, in the area of crystallography, the structure factor of a crystal is a mathematical description of how the crystal scatters incident radiation. The structure factor is a particularly useful tool in the interpretation of interference… …
10Cunningham correction factor — The Cunningham correction factor or Cunningham slip correction factor is used to account for noncontinuum effects when calculating the drag on small particles. The derivation of Stokes Law, which is used to calculate the drag force on small… …
