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factor

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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
  Factor \Fac"tor\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Factored (-t[e^]rd); p.
     pr. & vb. n. Factoring.] (Mach.)
     To resolve (a quantity) into its factors.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
  Factor \Fac"tor\, n. [L. factor a doer: cf. F. facteur a factor.
     See Fact.]
     1. (Law) 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. --Story. --Wharton.
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              My factor sends me word, a merchant's fled
              That owes me for a hundred tun of wine. --Marlowe.
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     2. A steward or bailiff of an estate. [Scot.] --Sir W. Scott.
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     3. (Math.) One of the elements or quantities which, when
        multiplied together, form a product.
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     4. One of the elements, circumstances, or influences which
        contribute to produce a result; a constituent; a
        contributory cause.
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              The materal and dynamical factors of nutrition. --H.
                                                    Spencer.
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