factor
英 ['fæktə]
美['fæktɚ]
	    - n. 因素;要素;[物] 因数;代理人
 - vi. 做代理商
 - vt. 把…作为因素计入;代理经营;把…分解成
 - n. (Factor)人名;(英)法克特
 
英英释意
- 1. anything that contributes causally to a result;
 - "a number of factors determined the outcome"
 
- 2. an abstract part of something;
 - "jealousy was a component of his character"
 - "two constituents of a musical composition are melody and harmony"
 - "the grammatical elements of a sentence"
 - "a key factor in her success"
 - "humor: an effective ingredient of a speech"
 
- 3. any of the numbers (or symbols) that form a product when multiplied together
 
- 4. one of two or more integers that can be exactly divided into another integer;
 - "what are the 4 factors of 6?"
 
- 5. a businessman who buys or sells for another in exchange for a commission
 
- 6. an independent variable in statistics
 
- 7. (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;
 - "genes were formerly called factors"