Divisor vs. Factor
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.
1985 Haynes Owners Workshop Manual, BMWDivisornoun
one of two or more integers that can be exactly divided into another integer;
what are the 4 factors of 6?Factornoun
(legal)
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.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 outcomeFactornoun
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 speechFactornoun
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 factorsFactorverb
resolve into factors;
a quantum computer can factor the number 15
