Element vs. Factor

A fundamental, essential, or irreducible constituent of a composite entity.

One that actively contributes to an accomplishment, result, or process

Elements The basic assumptions or principles of a subject.

One who acts for someone else; an agent.

A member of a set.

One who purchases accounts receivable at a discount.

A point, line, or plane.

(Mathematics) One of two or more quantities that divides a given quantity without a remainder. For example, 2 and 3 are factors of 6; a and b are factors of ab.

A part of a geometric configuration, such as an angle in a triangle.

A quantity by which a stated quantity is multiplied or divided, so as to indicate an increase or decrease in a measurement

The generatrix of a geometric figure.

A gene. No longer in technical usage.

Any of the terms in the rectangular array of terms that constitute a matrix or determinant.

(Physiology) A substance that functions in a specific biochemical reaction or bodily process, such as blood coagulation.

Chemistry & Physics A substance composed of atoms having an identical number of protons in each nucleus. Elements cannot be reduced to simpler substances by normal chemical means. See Periodic Table.

To determine or indicate explicitly the factors of

One of four substances, earth, air, fire, or water, formerly regarded as a fundamental constituent of the universe.

To engage in purchasing accounts receivable at a discount.

(Electricity)The resistance wire in an electrical appliance such as a heater or an oven.

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

Elements The forces that constitute the weather, especially severe or inclement weather:outside paint that had been damaged by the elements.

An agent or representative.

An environment naturally suited to or associated with an individual:He is in his element when traveling. The business world is her element.

(legal)

A distinct group within a larger community:the dissident element on campus.

A commission agent.

A ground unit in an air force comparable to a platoon.

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

A unit of an air force equal to two or three aircraft.

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

Elements The bread and wine of the Eucharist.

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

One of the simplest or essential parts or principles of which anything consists, or upon which the constitution or fundamental powers of anything are based.

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

(chemistry) Any one of the simplest chemical substances that cannot be decomposed in a chemical reaction or by any chemical means and made up of atoms all having the same number of protons.

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

One of the four basic building blocks of matter in theories of ancient philosophers and alchemists: water, earth, fire, and air.

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

A basic, simple substance out of which something is made, raw material.

(Scotland) A steward or bailiff of an estate.

(legal) A required aspect or component of a cause of action. A deed is regarded as a violation of law only if each element can be proved.

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

(set theory) One of the objects in a set.

To be a product of other objects.

(mathematics) One of the entries of a matrix.

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

Any of the teeth of a zip fastener.

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.

A small part of the whole.

A steward or bailiff of an estate.

A small but present amount of a quality, a hint.

One of the elements or quantities which, when multiplied together, form a product.

A factor, one of the conditions contributing to a result.

One of the elements, circumstances, or influences which contribute to produce a result; a constituent; a contributory cause.

(obsolete) The sky.

To resolve (a quantity) into its factors.

(obsolete) Any one of the heavenly spheres believed to carry the celestial bodies.

Anything that contributes causally to a result;

Atmospheric forces such as strong winds and rains.

An abstract part of something;

A place or state of being that an individual or object is best suited to.

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

The bread and wine taken at Holy Communion.

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

A group of people within a larger group having a particular common characteristic.

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

(in the plural only) The basic principles of a field of knowledge, basics, fundamentals, rudiments.

An independent variable in statistics

A component in electrical equipment, often in the form of a coil, having a high resistance, thereby generating heat when a current is passed through it.

(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;

(mathematics) An infinitesimal interval of a quantity, a differential.

Resolve into factors;

(astronomy) An orbital element; one of the parameters needed to uniquely specify a particular orbit.

(computing) One of the conceptual objects in a markup language, usually represented in text by tags.

(obsolete) To compound of elements.

(obsolete) To constitute and be the elements of.

One of the simplest or essential parts or principles of which anything consists, or upon which the constitution or fundamental powers of anything are based.

One of the ultimate, undecomposable constituents of any kind of matter. Specifically: (Chem.) A substance which cannot be decomposed into different kinds of matter by any means at present employed; as, the elements of water are oxygen and hydrogen.

One of the ultimate parts which are variously combined in anything; as, letters are the elements of written language; hence, also, a simple portion of that which is complex, as a shaft, lever, wheel, or any simple part in a machine; one of the essential ingredients of any mixture; a constituent part; as, quartz, feldspar, and mica are the elements of granite.

One out of several parts combined in a system of aggregation, when each is of the nature of the whole; as, a single cell is an element of the honeycomb.

One of the simplest essential parts, more commonly called cells, of which animal and vegetable organisms, or their tissues and organs, are composed.

An infinitesimal part of anything of the same nature as the entire magnitude considered; as, in a solid an element may be the infinitesimal portion between any two planes that are separated an indefinitely small distance. In the calculus, element is sometimes used as synonymous with differential.

One of the necessary data or values upon which a system of calculations depends, or general conclusions are based; as, the elements of a planet's orbit.

The simplest or fundamental principles of any system in philosophy, science, or art; rudiments; as, the elements of geometry, or of music.

Any outline or sketch, regarded as containing the fundamental ideas or features of the thing in question; as, the elements of a plan.

One of the simple substances, as supposed by the ancient philosophers; one of the imaginary principles of matter.

The conditions and movements of the air.

The whole material composing the world.

The bread and wine used in the eucharist or Lord's supper.

To compound of elements or first principles.

To constitute; to make up with elements.

An abstract part of something;

Any of the more than 100 known substances (of which 92 occur naturally) that cannot be separated into simpler substances and that singly or in combination constitute all matter

An artifact that is one of the individual parts of which a composite entity is made up; especially a part that can be separated from or attached to a system;

One of four substances thought in ancient and medieval cosmology to constitute the physical universe;

The most favorable environment for a plant or animal;

The situation in which you are happiest and most effective;

A straight line that generates a cylinder or cone