S: (n) component, constituent, element, factor, ingredient (an abstract part of something) "jealousy was a component of his character"; "two constituents of a musical composition are melody and harmony"; "the grammatical elements of a sentence"; "a key factor in her success"; "humor: an effective ingredient of a speech"
S: (n) part, section, division (one of the portions into which something is regarded as divided and which together constitute a whole) "the written part of the exam"; "the finance section of the company"; "the BBC's engineering division"
S: (n) frame (one of the ten divisions into which bowling is divided)
S: (n) beginning (the first part or section of something) "`It was a dark and stormy night' is a hackneyed beginning for a story"
S: (n) middle (an intermediate part or section) "A whole is that which has beginning, middle, and end"- Aristotle
S: (n) end (a final part or section) "we have given it at the end of the section since it involves the calculus"; "Start at the beginning and go on until you come to the end"
S: (n) high point (the most enjoyable part of a given experience) "the trumpet solo was the high point of the concert"
S: (n) component, constituent, element, factor, ingredient (an abstract part of something) "jealousy was a component of his character"; "two constituents of a musical composition are melody and harmony"; "the grammatical elements of a sentence"; "a key factor in her success"; "humor: an effective ingredient of a speech"
S: (n) chukker, chukka ((polo) one of six divisions into which a polo match is divided)
S: (n) inning, frame ((baseball) one of nine divisions of play during which each team has a turn at bat)
S: (n) game ((tennis) a division of play during which one player serves)
S: (n) turn, bout, round ((sports) a division during which one team is on the offensive)
S: (n) first period (the first division into which the play of a game is divided)
S: (n) second period (the second division into which the play of a game is divided)
S: (n) final period (the final division into which the play of a game is divided)
S: (n) half (one of two divisions into which some games or performances are divided: the two divisions are separated by an interval)
S: (n) period ((ice hockey) one of three divisions into which play is divided in hockey games)
S: (n) quarter ((football, professional basketball) one of four divisions into which some games are divided) "both teams scored in the first quarter"
S: (n) over ((cricket) the division of play during which six balls are bowled at the batsman by one player from the other team from the same end of the pitch)
S: (n) factor (an independent variable in statistics)
S: (n) gene, cistron, factor ((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 factors"
Verb
S: (v) factor, factor in, factor out (resolve into factors) "a quantum computer can factor the number 15"
S: (v) factor (be a contributing factor) "make things factor into a company's profitability"
S: (v) factor, factor in, factor out (consider as relevant when making a decision) "You must factor in the recent developments"