improvement | the act of improving something, their improvements increased the value of the property |
self-improvement selfeformation | the act of improving yourself |
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 |
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 |
improvement betterment advance | a change for the better, progress in development |
agent factor broker | a businessman who buys or sells for another in exchange for a commission |
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 |
improvement melioration | a condition superior to an earlier condition, the new school represents a great improvement |
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) |
hyaluronidase spreading factor Hyazyme | an enzyme (trade name Hyazyme) that splits hyaluronic acid and so lowers its viscosity and increases the permeability of connective tissue and the absorption of fluids |
coagulation factor clotting factor | any of the factors in the blood whose actions are essential for blood coagulation |
fibrinogen factor I | a protein present in blood plasma, converts to fibrin when blood clots |
releasing factor releasing hormone RF | a substance produced by the hypothalamus that is capable of accelerating the secretion of a given hormone by the anterior pituitary gland |
growth hormoneeleasing factor GHRF | a releasing factor that accelerates the secretion of growth hormone by the anterior pituitary body |
intrinsic factor | a substance produced by the mucosa of the stomach and intestines that is essential for the absorption of vitamin B, lack of intrinsic factor can result in pernicious anemia |
rhesus factor Rh factor Rh | a blood group antigen possessed by Rh-positive people, if an Rh-negative person receives a blood transfusion from an Rh-positive person it can result in hemolysis and anemia |
prothrombin factor II | a protein in blood plasma that is the inactive precursor of thrombin |
thromboplastin thrombokinase factor III | an enzyme liberated from blood platelets that converts prothrombin into thrombin as blood starts to clot |
calcium ion factor IV | ion of calcium, a factor in the clotting of blood |
proaccelerin prothrombin accelerator accelerator factor factor V | a coagulation factor |
proconvertin cothromboplastin stable factor factor VII | a coagulation factor formed in the kidney under the influence of vitamin K |
antihemophilic factor antihaemophilic factor antihemophilic globulin antihaemophilic globulin factor VIII Hemofil | a coagulation factor (trade name Hemofil) whose absence is associated with hemophilia A |