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counterfactor

counterfactor noun: any factor that counters the effect of another.

Noun

counterfactor (plural counterfactors)

  1. Any factor that counters the effect of another
  2. A spanning supergraph.

Forms of counterfactor

pluralcounterfactors

Origin of counterfactor

From counter- + factor.

Questions about counterfactor

What does counterfactor mean?
Counterfactor means any factor that counters the effect of another.
What part of speech is counterfactor?
Counterfactor is a noun.
What is the plural of counterfactor?
The plural of counterfactor is counterfactors.

Words near counterfactor in the dictionary

  1. counterfacade
  2. counterfacades
  3. counterface
  4. counterfaces
  5. counterfact
  6. counterfactor
  7. counterfactors
  8. counterfacts
  9. counterfactual
  10. counterfactual conditional
  11. counterfactualism

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