component, constituent, element, factor, ingredient - an abstract part of something; "jealousy was a component of his character"; "two constituents of a musical composition are melody and harmony"; "the grammatical elements of a sentence"; "a key factor in her success"; "humor: an effective ingredient of a speech" --2is a kind ofpart, section, division --2has particulars: point; be-all and end-all, be all and end all
divisor, factor - one of two or more integers that can be exactly divided into another integer; "what are the 4 factors of 6?" --4is a kind ofinteger, whole number --4has particulars:
gene, cistron, factor - (genetics) a segment of DNA that is involved in producing a polypeptide chain; it can include regions preceding and following the coding DNA as well as introns between the exons; it is considered a unit of heredity; "genes were formerly called factors" --7is a kind ofsequence --7is a part of deoxyribonucleic acid, desoxyribonucleic acid, DNA; chromosome --7has particulars: