Divisor vs. Factor

Divisor vs. Factor — Is There a Difference?
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Difference Between Divisor and Factor

Divisornoun

(arithmetic) A number or expression that another is to be divided by.

In "42 ÷ 3" the divisor is the 3.

Factornoun

(obsolete) A doer, maker; a person who does things for another person or organization.

The factor of the trading post bought the furs.

Divisornoun

An integer that divides another integer an integral number of times.

The positive divisors of 6 are 1, 2 and 3.

Factornoun

An agent or representative.

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Divisornoun

one of two or more integers that can be exactly divided into another integer;

what are the 4 factors of 6?

Factornoun

(legal)

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Divisornoun

the number by which a dividend is divided

Factornoun

A commission agent.

Factornoun

A person or business organization that provides money for another's new business venture; one who finances another's business.

Factornoun

A business organization that lends money on accounts receivable or buys and collects accounts receivable.

Factornoun

One of the elements, circumstances, or influences which contribute to produce a result.

The greatest factor in the decision was the need for public transportation.The economy was a factor in this year's budget figures.

Factornoun

(mathematics) Any of various objects multiplied together to form some whole.

3 is a factor of 12, as are 2, 4 and 6.The factors of the Klein four-group are both cyclic of order 2.
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Factornoun

(root cause analysis) Influence; a phenomenon that affects the nature, the magnitude, and/or the timing of a consequence.

The launch temperature was a factor of the Challenger disaster.

Factornoun

(economics) A resource used in the production of goods or services, a factor of production.

Factornoun

(Scotland) A steward or bailiff of an estate.

Factorverb

(transitive) To find all the factors of (a number or other mathematical object) (the objects that divide it evenly).

Factorverb

To be a product of other objects.

Factorverb

To sell a debt or debts to an agent (the factor) to collect.

Factornoun

anything that contributes causally to a result;

a number of factors determined the outcome

Factornoun

an abstract part of something;

jealousy was a component of his charactertwo constituents of a musical composition are melody and harmonythe grammatical elements of a sentencea key factor in her successhumor: an effective ingredient of a speech

Factornoun

any of the numbers (or symbols) that form a product when multiplied together

Factornoun

one of two or more integers that can be exactly divided into another integer;

what are the 4 factors of 6?

Factornoun

a businessman who buys or sells for another in exchange for a commission

Factornoun

an independent variable in statistics

Factornoun

(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

Factorverb

resolve into factors;

a quantum computer can factor the number 15