Form factor
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Form factor or form-factor may refer to:
Science and technology
Computing and electronics
- Form factor (design), an aspect of design which defines and prescribes the size, shape, and other physical specifications
- Form factor (electronics), the functional form of oscillating signals
Physics
- Form factor (quantum field theory), a semi-empirical formula used in effective quantum field theories
- Atomic form factor, or atomic scattering factor, a measure of the amplitude of a wave scattered from an isolated atom
- Electric form factor, the Fourier transform of electric charge distribution in space
- Magnetic form factor, the Fourier transform of an electric current distribution in space
- Form factor (radiative transfer), the proportion of energy transmitted by that object which can be transferred to another object
Other uses
- Form factor, the tree shape in forest inventory timber metrics
- FormFactor, Inc., a semiconductor test and measurement company
See also
- Structure factor, in condensed matter physics