Usually means: Ratio of real to apparent power.
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  1. power factor: Merriam-Webster
  2. power factor: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. power factor: Collins English Dictionary
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Definitions from Wiktionary (power factor)

noun:  (electrical, engineering) The ratio of the actual power to the apparent power in an alternating current power system; specifically, the cosine of the phase angle between the voltage and the current.

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