form factor
Noun
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Noun
form factor (plural form factors)
- (physics) The ratio of the RMS value to the absolute mean of a sinusoidal wave (especially to that of an alternating current)
- (physics) Any of several functions that describe the unknown internal state of a particle
- (physics) The emissivity of a material
- (crystallography) A function that describes the scattering power of an atom as function of the scattering angle
- (mechanics) A factor describing the stress distribution of a body
- The geometry of an object, especially in engineering design; configuration.
- 2007, March, Erin McKean, “Redefining the dictionary”, Technology Entertainment Design
- I want him to barely remember that this is the form factor that dictionaries used to come in.
- 2007, March, Erin McKean, “Redefining the dictionary”, Technology Entertainment Design
- Russian: коэффициент формы
- German: Formfaktor
- Italian: fattore di forma
- Russian: форм-фа́ктор
- Spanish: factor de forma
- Russian: типоразмер
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