S: (n) fundamental (any factor that could be considered important to the understanding of a particular business) "fundamentals include a company's growth, revenues, earnings, management, and capital structure"
S: (n) parameter (any factor that defines a system and determines (or limits) its performance)
S: (n) unknown quantity (a factor in a given situation whose bearing and importance is not apparent) "I don't know what the new man will do; he's still an unknown quantity"
S: (n) wild card (an unpredictable factor) "the weather was a wild card"
S: (n) releasing factor, releasing hormone, RF (a substance produced by the hypothalamus that is capable of accelerating the secretion of a given hormone by the anterior pituitary gland)
S: (n) intrinsic factor (a substance produced by the mucosa of the stomach and intestines that is essential for the absorption of vitamin B12) "lack of intrinsic factor can result in pernicious anemia"
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) divisor, factor (one of two or more integers that can be exactly divided into another integer) "what are the 4 factors of 6?"
S: (n) agent, factor, broker (a businessman who buys or sells for another in exchange for a commission)
S: (n) factor (any of the numbers (or symbols) that form a product when multiplied together)
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"