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"factor" is also used as a crossword clue. If that's what you saw, the answer is often multiplier (10 letters).
Definitions
resolve into factors
Word origin
From Middle French facteur, from Latin factor (“a doer, maker, performer”), from factus (“done or made”), perfect passive participle of faciō (“do, make”).
Used in a sentence
“The factor of the trading post bought the furs.”
“My factor sends me word, a merchant's fled / That owes me for a hundred tun of wine.”
“Motor factors — Good factors will stock all of the more important components which wear out relatively quickly.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer2 curated clues
01“Contributing element”6 letters
02“One contributing part”6 letters
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