By A Factor Of Five/ten Etc - Longman Dictionary

English English English - Japanese English - Korean English - Spanish Japanese - English Spanish - English English English - Japanese English - Korean English - Spanish Japanese - English Spanish - English English 日本語 Español latino 한국어 by a factor of five/ten etc From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishby a factor of five/ten etcby a factor of five/ten etcHMNCOUNT/CALCULATEif something increases or decreases by a factor of five, ten etc, it increases or decreases by five times, ten times etc → factorExamples from the Corpusby a factor of five/ten etc• Other watches of the time sped up or slowed down by a factor of ten seconds for every one-degree change in temperature.• So look at your friends, see what they are a little vain about and then multiply by a factor of ten. Exercises Exercises

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