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Facteurs

Facteurs is the plural form of the French noun facteur and has several related senses. In everyday language it designates elements that contribute to a result or cause. It can also refer to a person who performs an activity, most famously a postman (un facteur) who delivers mail. The term appears across a range of disciplines, from mathematics to social sciences.

In mathematics, facteur translates to factor. It denotes a number or algebraic expression that divides another

In health, economics, and social sciences, facteurs describe elements that influence outcomes. Common phrases include facteurs

Étymologie: facteur derives from Latin factor, from facere, meaning to do or make, and entered Old French

without
a
remainder,
or
a
component
of
a
product.
For
example,
3
and
5
are
factors
of
15,
and
a
number
may
be
factored
into
prime
factors
such
as
18
=
2
×
3
×
3.
In
polynomial
factorization,
one
writes
a
product
of
factors
like
(x
−
1)(x
+
2).
The
related
term
diviseur
is
also
used
in
French
to
mean
divisor.
de
risque
(risk
factors),
facteurs
déterminants
(determinant
factors),
and
facteurs
socio-économiques
(socioeconomic
factors),
which
help
analyze
causes,
correlations,
and
interventions.
with
senses
extending
from
action
or
causation
to
the
mathematical
notion
of
a
component.