A surname.

plural of Factor

plural of factorizing

(idiomatic, engineering) A quantity introduced to compensate for uncertainty. / (idiomatic) Any padding or compensation built into a guess or estimate.

(number theory) A factor of a given integer which is also a prime number.

(transitive) to reduce an integer to its set of prime factors.

plural of motor factor

(Britain, Ireland, chiefly in the plural) A retail supplier of car parts and accessories.

(physics) a factor arising frequently in special relativity, to calculate the degree of time dilation, length contraction and relativistic mass of an object moving relative to an observer, defined as (1-v²/c²)^(-0.5), where v and c are relative velocity and the speed of light, respectively

The sleazy or sordid aspect of a political situation. / The corrupt or tainted element of a political party or administration.