subdivision | the act of subdividing, division of something previously divided |
subsection subdivision | a section of a section, a part of a part, i.e., a part of something already divided |
absorptivity absorption factor | (physics) the property of a body that determines the fraction of the incident radiation or sound flux absorbed or absorbable by the body |
sun protection factor SPF | the degree to which a sunscreen protects the skin from the direct rays of the sun |
releasing hormone RH releasing factor hypothalamic releasing hormone hypothalamic releasing factor | any of several hormones produced in the hypothalamus and carried by a vein to the anterior pituitary gland where they stimulate the release of anterior pituitary hormones, each of these hormones causes the anterior pituitary to secrete a specific hormone |
gene cistron factor | (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 |
cognitive factor | something immaterial (as a circumstance or influence) that contributes to producing a result |
determinant determiner determinative determining factor causal factor | a determining or causal element or factor, education is an important determinant of one's outlook on life |
clincher decisive factor | a point or fact or remark that settles something conclusively |
factor | an independent variable in statistics |
component constituent element factor ingredient | 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 speech |
factor analysis | any of several methods for reducing correlational data to a smaller number of dimensions or factors, beginning with a correlation matrix a small number of components or factors are extracted that are regarded as the basic variables that account for the interrelations observed in the data |
section subdivision | a selfontained part of a larger composition (written or musical), he always turns first to the business section, the history of this work is discussed in the next section |
Sixteen Personality Factor Questionnaire PF | a selfeport personality inventory developed by Raymond B. Cattell to measure the personality dimensions that emerged from his factor analysis of a wide range of traits |
clincher determiner determining factor | an argument that is conclusive |
factor | anything that contributes causally to a result, a number of factors determined the outcome |
branch subdivision arm | a division of some larger or more complex organization, a branch of Congress, botany is a branch of biology, the Germanic branch of Indo-European languages |
subdivision | an area composed of subdivided lots |
agent factor broker | a businessman who buys or sells for another in exchange for a commission |
Gnetopsida class Gnetopsida Gnetophytina subdivision Gnetophytina Gnetophyta | gymnospermous flowering plants, supposed link between conifers and angiosperms, in some systems classified as a class (Gnetopsida) and in others as a subdivision (Gnetophytina or Gnetophyta) |
Cycadopsida class Cycadopsida Cycadophytina subdivision Cycadophytina Cycadophyta subdivision Cycadophyta | palmlike gymnosperms: includes the surviving order Cycadales and several extinct orders, possibly not a natural group, in some systems considered a class (Cycadopsida) and in others a subdivision (Cycadophytina or Cycadophyta) |
Coniferopsida class Coniferopsida Coniferophytina subdivision Coniferophytina Coniferophyta | cone-bearing gymnosperms dating from the Carboniferous period, most are substantial trees, includes the classes Pinopsida (subdivision Pinophytina) and Ginkgopsida (subdivision Ginkgophytina) and Taxopsida (subdivision Taxophytina) which in turn include the surviving orders Coniferales and Taxales (yews) and sometimes Ginkgoales as well as extinct orders such as Cordaitales (of the Carboniferous and Permian) |
Pinopsida class Pinopsida Pinophytina subdivision Pinophytina | most conifers: in some systems classified as a class (Pinopsida) and in others as a subdivision (Pinophytina), used in some classifications for one of five subdivisions of Gymnospermophyta |
Taxopsida class Taxopsida Taxophytina subdivision Taxophytina | yews: in some systems classified as a class (Taxopsida) and in others as a subdivision (Taxophytina) used in some classifications for one of five subdivisions of Gymnospermophyta |
Ginkgopsida class Ginkgopsida Ginkgophytina class Ginkgophytina subdivision Ginkgophytina subdivision Ginkgophyta | ginkgos: in some systems classified as a class and in others as a subdivision, used in some classifications for one of five subdivisions of Gymnospermophyta |
Pteropsida subdivision Pteropsida | used in former classifications to include all ferns and flowering plants and divided into the three classes Filicinae and Gymnospermae and Angiospermae |
Zygomycota subdivision Zygomycota Zygomycotina subdivision Zygomycotina | division of fungi having sexually produced zygospores |
Mastigomycota subdivision Mastigomycota Mastigomycotina subdivision Mastigomycotina | fungi in which the spores and gametes are motile, in some systems placed in the Phycomycetes group with the Zygomycota |
Deuteromycota subdivision Deuteromycota Deuteromycotina Fungi imperfecti subdivision Deuteromycotina | large and heterogeneous form division of fungi comprising forms for which no sexually reproductive stage is known |
Basidiomycota subdivision Basidiomycota Basidiomycotina subdivision Basidiomycotina | comprises fungi bearing the spores on a basidium, includes Gasteromycetes (puffballs) and Tiliomycetes comprising the orders Ustilaginales (smuts) and Uredinales (rusts) and Hymenomycetes (mushrooms, toadstools, agarics and bracket fungi), in some classification systems considered a division of kingdom Fungi |
Ascomycota subdivision Ascomycota Ascomycotina subdivision Ascomycotina | a large subdivision of Eumycota including Hemiascomycetes and Plectomycetes and Pyrenomycetes and Discomycetes, sac fungi, in some classification systems considered a division of the kingdom Fungi |
coefficient of reflection reflection factor reflectance reflectivity | the fraction of radiant energy that is reflected from a surface |
factor | any of the numbers (or symbols) that form a product when multiplied together |
conversion factor | factor by which a quantity that is expressed in one set of units must be multiplied in order to convert it into another set of units |
factor of proportionality constant of proportionality | the constant value of the ratio of two proportional quantities x and y, usually written y kx, where k is the factor of proportionality |
prime factor | the prime factors of a quantity are all of the prime quantities that will exactly divide the given quantity |
divisor factor | one of two or more integers that can be exactly divided into another integer, what are the factors of ? |
multiplier multiplier factor | the number by which a multiplicand is multiplied |
scale factor | a number used as a multiplier in scaling |
time-scale factor | the ratio of the simulation time to the time of the real process |
equivalent-binary-digit factor | the average number of binary digits needed to express one radix digit in a numeration system that is not binary, on the average a number that can be expressed in N decimal digits takes .N binary digits |
common divisor common factor common measure | an integer that divides two (or more) other integers evenly |
greatest common divisor greatest common factor highest common factor | the largest integer that divides without remainder into a set of integers |
correction fudge factor | a quantity that is added or subtracted in order to increase the accuracy of a scientific measure |
load factor | (aeronautics) the ratio of an external load to the weight of the aircraft (measured in g) |
safety factor factor of safety | the ratio of the breaking stress of a structure to the estimated maximum stress in ordinary use |
rheumatoid factor | autoantibody that is usually present in the serum of people with rheumatoid arthritis |
growth factor | a protein that is involved in cell differentiation and growth |
nerve growth factor NGF | a protein that is involved in the growth of peripheral nerve cells |
tumor necrosis factor tumour necrosis factor TNF | a proinflammatory cytokine that is produced by white blood cells (monocytes and macrophages), has an antineoplastic effect but causes inflammation (as in rheumatoid arthritis) |