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{{wiktionary|form factor}}

'''Form factor''' or '''form-factor''' may refer to:

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== Manufacturing ==

'''Form factor''' may refer to:

* [[Form factor (design)]], an aspect of design which defines and prescribes the size, shape, and other physical specifications of hardware components, particularly in electronics and electronic packaging

** [[Form factor (mobile phones)]]

** [[Motherboard form factor]]

** [[Hard disk drive form factor]]

* [[FormFactor (company)]], a semiconductor test and measurement company, acquired [[Cascade Microtech]] in 2016

== Scattering theory ==

* [[Form factor (radiative transfer)]] or emissivity, the proportion of energy transmitted by that object which can be transferred to another object

* [[Form factor (electronicsquantum field theory)]], ana semi-empirical formula used in effective alternatingquantum currentfield waveformtheories

* [[ElectricAtomic form factor]], theor Fourieratomic transformscattering factor, a measure of electricthe amplitude of a wave scattered chargefrom distributionan inisolated spaceatom

* [[MagneticElectric form factor]], the Fourier transform of an electric currentcharge distribution in space

* [[AtomicMagnetic form factor]], orthe atomicFourier scattering factor, is a measuretransform of thean amplitudeelectric ofcurrent a wave scattered from andistribution isolatedin atomspace

*The geometry of an object, especially in engineering design, including:

**[[Motherboard form factor]], the size and shape of a computer's motherboard, which sets a [[lower limit]] on the overall size and shape of the computer

**[[Disk_enclosure#Form_factors|Disk enclosure form factor]]

**[[Harddrive#Form factors]]

*FormFactor, Inc., semiconductor wafer probe cards development company ([http://www.nasdaq.com/aspx/flashquotes.aspx?symbol=FORM&selected=FORM NASDAQ:FORM]).

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== Other sciences ==

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* [[Form factor (electronics)]], characterizing the functional form of oscillating signals

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* [[Form factor (radiative transfer)]] or emissivityview factor, the proportion of energy transmitted by that object which can be transferred to another object

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* Form factor in [[Forest inventory#Timber metrics|timber metrics]], referring to tree shape

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== See also ==

[[Structure factor]]

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