"cofactor" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: cofactors [plural]
Etymology: co- + factor Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|co|factor}} co- + factor Head templates: {{en-noun}} cofactor (plural cofactors)
  1. A contributing factor.
    Sense id: en-cofactor-en-noun-oBZNKiM1
  2. (biochemistry) A substance, especially a coenzyme or a metal, that must be present for an enzyme to function. Categories (topical): Biochemistry Translations (substance that must be present for an enzyme to function): 輔因子 (Chinese Mandarin), 辅因子 (fǔyīnzǐ) (Chinese Mandarin), kofaktori (Finnish), kofaktor (Hungarian), 補因子 (hoinshi) (alt: ほいんし) (Japanese), кофактор (kofaktor) (Kazakh), cofactor [masculine] (Spanish), kakabuo (Tagalog), kofaktör (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-cofactor-en-noun-bJUFg4zp Topics: biochemistry, biology, chemistry, microbiology, natural-sciences, physical-sciences Disambiguation of 'substance that must be present for an enzyme to function': 1 85 6 2 6
  3. (biochemistry) A molecule that binds to and regulates the activity of a protein. Categories (topical): Biochemistry
    Sense id: en-cofactor-en-noun-Bn1DUkRN Topics: biochemistry, biology, chemistry, microbiology, natural-sciences, physical-sciences
  4. (mathematics) The result of a number being divided by one of its factors. Categories (topical): Mathematics
    Sense id: en-cofactor-en-noun-X5cB985E Topics: mathematics, sciences
  5. (mathematics, linear algebra, of a matrix) 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. Categories (topical): Linear algebra, Mathematics Synonyms (determinant of a submatrix): minor (english: unsigned)
    Sense id: en-cofactor-en-noun-Zf5~xfoX Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with co- Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 20 19 18 8 35 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with co-: 15 21 18 18 28 Topics: linear-algebra, mathematics, sciences Disambiguation of 'determinant of a submatrix': 7 12 12 5 65
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: cofactor expansion, cofactor matrix

Noun [Spanish]

Forms: cofactores [plural]
Head templates: {{es-noun|m}} cofactor m (plural cofactores)
  1. (biochemistry) cofactor Tags: masculine Categories (topical): Biochemistry Related terms: factor

Inflected forms

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