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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A numerical factor used to multiply or divide a quantity when converting from one system of units to another.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun factor by which a quantity that is expressed in one set of units must be multiplied in order to convert it into another set of units
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