component constituent element | an artifact that is one of the individual parts of which a composite entity is made up, especially a part that can be separated from or attached to a system, spare components for cars, a component or constituent element of a system |
detector sensor sensing element | any device that receives a signal or stimulus (as heat or pressure or light or motion etc.) and responds to it in a distinctive manner |
heating element | the component of a heater or range that transforms fuel or electricity into heat |
logic element | an electronic device that performs an elementary logic operation |
pixel pel picture element | (computer science) the smallest discrete component of an image or picture on a CRT screen (usually a colored dot), the greater the number of pixels per inch the greater the resolution |
threshold element threshold gate | a logic element that performs a threshold operation |
uncertainty uncertainness precariousness | being unsettled or in doubt or dependent on chance, the uncertainty of the outcome, the precariousness of his income |
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 |
doubt uncertainty incertitude dubiety doubtfulness dubiousness | the state of being unsure of something |
factor | an independent variable in statistics |
plot element | a component or element of the plot of a story |
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 |
uncertainty principle indeterminacy principle | (quantum theory) the theory that it is impossible to measure both energy and time (or position and momentum) completely accurately at the same time |
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 |
element | the most favorable environment for a plant or animal, water is the element of fishes |
agent factor broker | a businessman who buys or sells for another in exchange for a commission |
elements | violent or severe weather (viewed as caused by the action of the four elements), they felt the full fury of the elements |
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 |
identity identity element identity operator | an operator that leaves unchanged the element on which it operates, the identity under numerical multiplication is |
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 |
element | a straight line that generates a cylinder or cone |
element of a cone | a straight line joining the apex and a point on the base |
element of a cylinder | a straight line running the length of the cylinder |
element | the situation in which you are happiest and most effective, in your element |
rheumatoid factor | autoantibody that is usually present in the serum of people with rheumatoid arthritis |
chemical element element | any of the more than known substances (of which occur naturally) that cannot be separated into simpler substances and that singly or in combination constitute all matter |
transuranic element | any element having an atomic number greater than (which is the atomic number of uranium), all are radioactive |
rare earth rare-earth element lanthanoid lanthanide lanthanon | any element of the lanthanide series (atomic numbers through ) |