variable factor

collocation in English

meaningsofvariableandfactor

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variable
noun[C]
uk
/ˈveə.ri.ə.bəl/us
/ˈver.i.ə.bəl/
a number, amount, or situation that ...
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factor
noun[C]
uk
/ˈfæk.tər/us
/ˈfæk.tɚ/
a fact or situation that influences the result ...
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(Definition ofvariableandfactorfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofvariable factor

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This was the only seasonal difference that was not explained by some other seasonallyvariablefactor.
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Tax incidence in a growing economy withvariablefactorsupply.
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So, we are seen to always live in a world of constant returns to scale and diminishing returns to thevariablefactor.
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Because households' most importantvariablefactoris labor, we model these restrictions as inequality constraints on forest-related labor supply.
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It remains to be seen how empirical estimates of input substitution would be modified by the introduction ofvariablefactorutilization.
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This implies that the size of the loop has no bearing on expulsions, removals or pregnancies irrespective of the period of exposure which is avariablefactor.
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It is avariablefactorof their experience.
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Today thevariablefactorin costs is falling and fixed costs are rising.
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The question of credit is a completelyvariablefactor.
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It would also be unwise to base any adjustments on such avariablefactor.
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There is thevariablefactorof what valuations are in various parts of the country.
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It can be measured, although it is avariablefactor.
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Lying behind it, there is thevariablefactorof different levels of rate support grant and different balances of the communities.
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I think that the relative competitive position of an overseas trade corporation and a company operating and registered locally is a veryvariablefactorindeed.
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It should be borne in mind that although a considerable part of the income is factory income, thevariablefactorin the income is the rents that can be charged.
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Is it not the case that output per manshift has increased and that, therefore, productivity has increased and that the amount of manpower in the pits is avariablefactor?
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The work load is avariablefactor, and it is not possible to give a meaningful estimate.
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There is thevariablefactorof what rate poundages are required in various parts of the country.
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That £24,000,000 was surely an expanding factor, avariablefactor, and they have turned that £24,000,000 into a fixed invariable factor which will no longer expand.
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Avariablefactoris the speed difference between trains.
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