conversion factor

1. 1.

   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

   Broaderfactor

Questions about conversion factor

What does conversion factor mean?

conversion factor means "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".

Is conversion factor a common word?

conversion factor is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.