cofactor
English
noun
Definitions
- A contributing factor.
- (biochemistry) A substance, especially a coenzyme or a metal, that must be present for an enzyme to function.
- (biochemistry) A molecule that binds to and regulates the activity of a protein.
- (mathematics) The result of a number being divided by one of its factors.
- (mathematics) The signed determinant of the submatrix produced by removing the row and column containing a specified element; primarily used in the recursive definition and calculation of the determinant of a matrix.
Etymology
Prefix from English factor.
Origin
English
factor
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- bifactor English
- biofactor English
- corn-factor English
- counterfactor English
- eigenfactor English
- factor English
- factorability English
- factorable English
- factorage English
- factoress English
- factorize English
- factorless English
- factorship English
- factress English
- immunofactor English
- interfactor English
- metallocofactor English
- multifactor English
- nonfactor English
- oncofactor English
- prefactor English
- procofactor English
- refactor English
- subfactor English
- telefactor English
- trifactor English
- von Willebrand factor English
- yuck factor English
- *dʰeh₁- Proto-Indo-European
- ファクター Japanese
- faktor Malay
- factor
- refactor
- factress
- bifactor
- nonfactor
- prefactor
- trifactor
- subfactor
- factorize
- factoress
- factorage
- biofactor
- oncofactor
- factorless
- factorship
- factorable
- telefactor
- yuck factor
- interfactor
- multifactor
- procofactor
- corn-factor
- eigenfactor
- immunofactor
- counterfactor
- factorability
- metallocofactor
- von Willebrand factor