factor[Anglais]

nom
1 : an independent variable in statistics
2 : (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"
3 : one of two or more integers that can be exactly divided into another integer
verbe
1 : resolve into factors