The combustion of the hydrogen and of the oxygen at the point of the cylinder produces solely the vapor or steam of water. Five Weeks in a Balloon by Verne, Jules View in context.
Factorial number system. In combinatorics, the factorial number system, also called factoradic, is a mixed radix numeral system adapted to numbering permutations. It is also called factorial base, although factorials do not function as base, but as place value of digits.
an agent or element that contributes to the production of a result. In epidemiology and statistics called also a variable because the factor may have a number of values. In an experiment a factor is a type of treatment and in the experiment the factor will be represented in different groups by different values. Such a factor may originate spontaneously or be introduced by an investigator. factor analysis. a statistical method for analyzing the correlations between several variables.