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facteur — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • coefficient noun A number placed in front of a variable that multiplies it, in an algebraic expression.
  • factor noun One of several things that contributes to or influences a result.
  • mailman noun A person whose job is delivering mail to homes and businesses.

Senses

facteur is used for these senses in English:

  • coefficient (mathematics) A constant by which an algebraic term is multiplied.
  • letter carrier An employee of the post office who delivers mail (post) to, and collects it from, a residence or business, or from public mailboxes.
  • mailman (North America) Someone who delivers mail to, and/or collects mail from, residential or commercial addresses, or from public mailboxes.

coefficient — full definition

  1. noun A number placed in front of a variable that multiplies it, in an algebraic expression.
  2. noun A number that measures a particular physical property or characteristic.

factor — full definition

  1. noun One of several things that contributes to or influences a result.
  2. noun A number that divides evenly into another number.
  3. verb To rewrite a mathematical expression as a product of simpler terms, or to find the numbers that divide it evenly.
  4. verb To take something into account when making a decision.

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