factor

How to sign: 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 s;

Similiar / Same: component, element, ingredient, constituent

Categories: division, part, section

Within this category: be-all and end-all, point

factor

How to sign: anything that contributes causally to a result
"a number of factors determined the outcome";

Categories: cause

Within this category: intrinsic factor, parameter, releasing factor, unknown quantity, wild card

factor

How to sign: (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";

Similiar / Same: gene, cistron

Categories: sequence

Within this category: allele, dominant gene, genetic marker, homeotic gene, lethal gene, linkage group, modifier, mutant gene, nonallele, oncogene, operator gene, polygene, proto-oncogene, recessive gene, regulatory gene, repressor gene, structural gene, suppressor, X-linked gene, Y-linked gene