cofactor

US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(kō′fak′tər)


WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025
co•fac•tor  (kō′fak′tər),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. Biochemistryany of various organic or inorganic substances necessary to the function of an enzyme.
  2. Mathematics
    • a prefactor or postfactor.
    • the product of the minor of a given element of a matrix times -1 raised to the power of the sum of the indices of the row and column crossed out in forming the minor.
  • co- + factor 1935–40

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