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A factor, a Latin word meaning 'who/which acts' may refer to: Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... Wiktionary (a portmanteau of wiki and dictionary) is a multilingual, Web-based project to create a free content dictionary, available in over 150 languages. ...

• Factor (agent), a person who acts for another, notably a mercantile and/or colonial agent
• Factor (Scotland), a person or firm managing a Scottish estate
• FACTOR, the Foundation to Assist Canadian Talent on Records
• Factors of production, a resource used in the production of goods and services
• An entity providing commercial finance services known as Factoring (finance)
• Max Factor, Sr., a Polish-American businessman and cosmetician
• Max Factor, Jr., son of the above, born Francis Factor
• Max Factor, a cosmetics company founded by Max Factor, Sr.
• John Factor, a Prohibition-era gangster

In science: A Factor, from the Latin he who does (parallel to agent from Latin agens), is a person who professionally acts as the representative of another individual or other legal entity, notably in the following contexts: // Mercantile Factor In a relatively large company, there could be a hierarchy, including several gardes... In Scotland a Factor (or property manager) is a person or firm charged with superintending or managing properties and estates -- sometimes where the owner or landlord is unable to or uninterested in attending to such details personally, or in tenements in which several owners of individual flats contribute to the... Look up factor in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... In economics, factors of production are resources used in the production of goods and services. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Max Factor, Sr. ... Max Factor, Jr. ... The cosmetic firm Max Factor was named after Max Factor, Sr (b. ... John Jake the Barber Factor was a Prohibition-era gangster. ...

• An enzyme, proteins that catalyze chemical reactions
• Coagulation factors, substances essential for blood coagulation
• A phenomenon presumed to affect an experiment; see design of experiments

In mathematics: Ribbon diagram of the enzyme TIM, surrounded by the space-filling model of the protein. ... Coagulation is a complex process by which blood forms solid clots. ... The first statistician to consider a methodology for the design of experiments was Sir Ronald A. Fisher. ...

• Factorization the decomposition of an object into a product of other objects
• Integer factorization, the process of breaking down a composite number into smaller non-trivial divisors
• a coefficient
• a divisor of a particular number
• a von Neumann algebra with a trivial center
• In easier words: A number that you can multiply into bigger numbers.

In technology: ... “Prime decomposition” redirects here. ... In mathematics, a coefficient is a constant multiplicative factor of a certain object. ... In mathematics, a divisor of an integer n, also called a factor of n, is an integer which evenly divides n without leaving a remainder. ... A von Neumann algebra is a *-algebra of bounded operators on a Hilbert space which is closed in the weak operator topology, or equivalently, in the strong operator topology (under pointwise convergence) and contains the identity operator. ...

• Factor (programming language), a dynamically typed concatenative programming language
• Authentication factor, a piece of information used to verify a person's identity for security purposes
• Human factors, a profession that focuses on how people interact with products, tools, or procedures
• "Functionality, Application domain, Conditions, Technology, Objects and Responsibility;", In object-oriented programming

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