All 5 Uses of
factor
in
Oryx and Crake
- ...and the logic behind it was simple: eliminate the external causes of death and you were halfway there.
"External causes?" said Jimmy.
"War, which is to say misplaced sexual energy, which we consider to be a larger factor than the economic, racial, and religious causes often cited."
p. 293..4factor = thing that affects a result or outcome
- Its intraspecific aggression factor had been very low.
p. 294..1
- Crake explained about the rapid-growth factors he'd incorporated.
p. 303..2 *factors = things that affect a result or outcome
- The bug appeared to be airborne, but there might be a water factor as well.
p. 325..2factor = thing that affects a result or outcome
- There was a time-lapse factor built in to allow for wide distribution: the first batch of virus did not become active until all selected territories had been seeded, and the outbreak thus took the form of a series of rapidly overlapping waves.
p. 346..7
Definition:
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(factor as in: It was the deciding factor.) something that affects a result or outcomeeditor's notes: You also may encounter x-factor or x factor--meaning "the most important thing that influences a result or outcome."