"A factor" meaning in English

See A factor in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

Forms: the A factor [canonical]
Head templates: {{en-prop|def=1}} the A factor
  1. (Antarctica, informal) The special difficulties presented by carrying out any project in Antarctica. Tags: informal
    Sense id: en-A_factor-en-name-v4s6PYz4 Categories (other): Antarctic English, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries
{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "the A factor",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "def": "1"
      },
      "expansion": "the A factor",
      "name": "en-prop"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "name",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Antarctic English",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "2012, Albert A. Harrison, Yvonne A. Clearwater, Christopher P. McKay, From Antarctica to Outer Space\n[…] Antarctica are considerable, as can be seen in Table 4.2. The \"A\" Factor, as we call it, is a combination of the isolated environment, the subjects, the researcher, his skills and the laboratory provided, […]"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2013, Rachael Robertson, Leading on the Edge, page 131:",
          "text": "[…] the 'A' Factor — the curve balls, mostly weather related, that Antarctica can throw at you, any time, any place.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "The special difficulties presented by carrying out any project in Antarctica."
      ],
      "id": "en-A_factor-en-name-v4s6PYz4",
      "links": [
        [
          "special",
          "special"
        ],
        [
          "difficulties",
          "difficulty"
        ],
        [
          "project",
          "project"
        ],
        [
          "Antarctica",
          "Antarctica"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "Antarctica",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(Antarctica, informal) The special difficulties presented by carrying out any project in Antarctica."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "informal"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "A factor"
}
{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "the A factor",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "def": "1"
      },
      "expansion": "the A factor",
      "name": "en-prop"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "name",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Antarctic English",
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English informal terms",
        "English lemmas",
        "English multiword terms",
        "English proper nouns",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English uncountable nouns",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "2012, Albert A. Harrison, Yvonne A. Clearwater, Christopher P. McKay, From Antarctica to Outer Space\n[…] Antarctica are considerable, as can be seen in Table 4.2. The \"A\" Factor, as we call it, is a combination of the isolated environment, the subjects, the researcher, his skills and the laboratory provided, […]"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2013, Rachael Robertson, Leading on the Edge, page 131:",
          "text": "[…] the 'A' Factor — the curve balls, mostly weather related, that Antarctica can throw at you, any time, any place.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "The special difficulties presented by carrying out any project in Antarctica."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "special",
          "special"
        ],
        [
          "difficulties",
          "difficulty"
        ],
        [
          "project",
          "project"
        ],
        [
          "Antarctica",
          "Antarctica"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "Antarctica",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(Antarctica, informal) The special difficulties presented by carrying out any project in Antarctica."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "informal"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "A factor"
}

Download raw JSONL data for A factor meaning in English (1.4kB)


This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-12-21 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-12-04 using wiktextract (d8cb2f3 and 4e554ae). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.