sortingfactor
nounUK /ˈsɔːtɪŋˌfæktə/
US /ˈsɔːrtɪŋˌfæktər/
A sorting factor is a thing that helps you decide which group something belongs in.
Color is a sorting factor we used to put the blocks into different boxes.
OTHER MEANINGS
2. A quality used to arrange items in a particular order.
Size was the sorting factor that put the biggest books on the bottom shelf.
3. In computing, a value that decides how data is arranged.
The program used the date as a sorting factor to list the newest files first.
4. A reason or condition that separates things into groups.
Whether an animal has fur is a sorting factor for grouping mammals.