All 4 Uses
factor
in
Blood Brothers, by Nora Roberts
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- It's twenty-two degrees with a windchill factor of fifteen.†
p. 35.2 *factor = thing that affects a result or outcome
- Crazy's a factor, too.†
p. 119.8
- It was the waist-high factor that had Fox and Layla stopping on the front deck, and Fox going to work with the shovel Cal had shoved into his hands on their way out.†
p. 271.1
- IT WAS A different matter, in Cal's mind, when you added the human factor.†
p. 293.9
Definitions:
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(factor as in: It was the deciding factor.) something that affects a result or outcomeYou also may encounter x-factor or x factor--meaning "the most important thing that influences a result or outcome."
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(2)
(factor as in: factor it into your thinking) include consideration of
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(3)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) There are many specialized meanings in fields such as mathematics, business, finance, biology, and grammar.