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1: the constant value of the ratio of two proportional quantities x and y; usually written y = kx, where k is the factor of proportionality [syn: {constant of proportionality}]

1: the ratio of the breaking stress of a structure to the estimated maximum stress in ordinary use [syn: {safety factor}]

1: resolve into factors; "a quantum computer can factor the number 15" [syn: {factor}, {factor in}]

1: a coagulation factor [syn: {proaccelerin}, {prothrombin accelerator}, {accelerator factor}]

1: a coagulation factor formed in the kidney under the influence of vitamin K [syn: {proconvertin}, {cothromboplastin}, {stable factor}]

1: a coagulation factor (trade name Hemofil) whose absence is associated with hemophilia A [syn: {antihemophilic factor}, {antihaemophilic factor}, {antihemophilic globulin}, {antihaemophilic globulin...

1: coagulation factor that is converted to an enzyme that converts prothrombin to thrombin in a reaction that depends on calcium ions and other coagulation factors [syn: {prothrombinase}]

1: coagulation factor whose deficiency results in a hemorrhagic tendency [syn: {plasma thromboplastin antecedent}]

1: coagulation factor whose deficiency results in prolongation of clotting time of venous blood [syn: {Hageman factor}]

1: in the clotting of blood thrombin catalyzes factor XIII into its active form (fibrinase) which causes fibrin to form a stable clot [syn: {fibrinase}]

1: of or relating to factorials n : the product of all the integers up to and including a given integer; "1, 2, 6, 24, and 120 are factorials"

1: (mathematics) the resolution of an integer or polynomial into factors such that when multiplied together they give the integer or polynomial [syn: {factorization}, {factorisation}]

1: (mathematics) the resolution of an integer or polynomial into factors such that when multiplied together they give the integer or polynomial [syn: {factorization}, {factoring}]

1: resolve (a polynomial) into factors [syn: {factorize}]

1: (mathematics) the resolution of an integer or polynomial into factors such that when multiplied together they give the integer or polynomial [syn: {factorisation}, {factoring}]

1: resolve (a polynomial) into factors [syn: {factorise}]

1: a plant consisting of buildings with facilities for manufacturing [syn: {mill}, {manufacturing plant}, {manufactory}]

1: a large-scale farming enterprise [syn: {agribusiness}, {agriculture}]

1: price charged for goods picked up at the factory

1: a whaling ship equipped to process whale products at sea

1: a whistle at a factory that is sounded to announce times for starting or stopping work

1: a workman in a mill or factory [syn: {mill-hand}]

1: produced in quantity at a factory [ant: {homemade}]

1: a servant employed to do a variety of jobs

1: the sexual activity of conceiving and bearing offspring [syn: {reproduction}, {procreation}, {breeding}]

1: of the nature of fact; having actual existence; "rocks and trees...the actual world"; "actual heroism"; "the actual things that produced the emotion you experienced" [syn: {actual}] 2: of or relati...

1: the quality of being actual or based on fact; "the realm of factuality must be distinguished from the realm of imagination" [syn: {factualness}] [ant: {counterfactuality}]

1: as a fact or based on fact; "they learn much, factually, about the problems of retirement and provision for old age, and, psychologically, in the sharing of their thoughts on retirement"

1: the quality of being actual or based on fact; "the realm of factuality must be distinguished from the realm of imagination" [syn: {factuality}] [ant: {counterfactuality}]

1: a bright spot on a planet 2: a large bright spot on the sun's photosphere occurring most frequently in the vicinity of sunspots [also: {faculae} (pl)]

{facula}

1: of or relating to the mental faculties 2: able to exist under more than one set of conditions; "a facultative parasite can exist as a parasite or a saprophyte" [ant: {obligate}] 3: granting a privi...

1: one of the inherent cognitive or perceptual powers of the mind [syn: {mental faculty}, {module}] 2: the body of teachers and administrators at a school; "the dean addressed the letter to the entire...

1: an educator who works at a college or university [syn: {academician}, {academic}]

1: an interest followed with exaggerated zeal; "he always follows the latest fads"; "it was all the rage that season" [syn: {craze}, {furor}, {furore}, {cult}, {rage}]

1: a reducing diet that enjoys temporary popularity

1: in a faddish manner [syn: {faddishly}]

1: intensely fashionable for a short time [syn: {faddy}]

1: in a faddish manner [syn: {faddily}]

1: a person who subscribes to a variety of fads

1: intensely fashionable for a short time [syn: {faddish}]

1: a golf shot that curves to the right for a right-handed golfer; "he took lessons to cure his slicing" [syn: {slice}, {slicing}] 2: gradually ceasing to be visible [syn: {disappearance}] v 1: become...

1: become weaker; "The sound faded out" [syn: {dissolve}, {fade out}]

1: become weaker; "The sound faded out" [syn: {dissolve}, {fade away}]

1: having lost freshness or brilliance of color; "sun-bleached deck chairs"; "faded jeans"; "a very pale washed-out blue"; "washy colors" [syn: {bleached}, {washed-out}, {washy}] 2: reduced in strengt...

1: a slow or gradual disappearance [syn: {receding}] 2: a gradual temporary loss of a transmitted signal due to electrical disturbances

1: weakening in force or intensity; "attenuation in the volume of the sound" [syn: {attenuation}]

1: gradually diminishing in brightness or loudness or strength

1: a sad Portuguese folksong

1: a device consisting of a container of fuel and two explosive charges; the first charge bursts open the fuel container at a predetermined height and spreads the fuel in a cloud that mixes with atmos...

1: foul with waste matter; of or relating to feces [syn: {fecal}, {feculent}]

1: solid excretory product evacuated from the bowels [syn: {fecal matter}, {feces}, {faeces}, {BM}, {stool}, {ordure}, {dejection}]

1: a take-home test in which you collect specimens of your stool that are tested for traces of blood; used to detect colorectal cancers [syn: {fecal occult test}, {stool test}]

1: a hard mass of dried feces [syn: {coprolith}, {fecalith}, {stercolith}]

1: solid excretory product evacuated from the bowels [syn: {fecal matter}, {faecal matter}, {feces}, {BM}, {stool}, {ordure}, {dejection}]

1: small, human in form, playful, having magical powers [syn: {fairy}, {faery}, {sprite}] 2: the enchanted realm of fairies [syn: {fairyland}, {faery}]

1: a self-governing colony that is a possession of Denmark in the Faroe Islands [syn: {Faroe Islands}, {Faroes}, {Faeroes}] 2: a group of 21 volcanic islands in the North Atlantic between Iceland and ...

1: a self-governing colony that is a possession of Denmark in the Faroe Islands [syn: {Faroe Islands}, {Faeroe Islands}, {Faroes}] 2: a group of 21 volcanic islands in the North Atlantic between Icela...

1: a Scandinavian language (closely related to Icelandic) that is spoken on the Faroe Islands [syn: {Faroese}]

1: small, human in form, playful, having magical powers [syn: {fairy}, {faerie}, {sprite}] 2: the enchanted realm of fairies [syn: {fairyland}, {faerie}]