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But it isn't a factor.

• nicoburns 6y ago
  It is. Factor, noun "a number or quantity that when multiplied with another produces a given number or expression." It's not an exact integer factor, but I think the concept of factor is more general than that.
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  • wongarsu 6y ago
    >It's not an exact integer factor That would imply the phrase has to be "reduced by a factor of 1/3", which leads to the wrong impression. The better technically correct phrase would be "reduced by a divisor of 3"