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coefficient

/ˌkoʊəˈfɪʃənt/

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4 syllables · Stress on syllable 3

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The table includes a coefficient for each row.

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What does coefficient mean?

adjective

  1. Cooperating.

noun

  1. A constant by which an algebraic term is multiplied.
  2. An entry of a matrix.
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noun

  1. A number, value, or item that serves as a measure of some property or characteristic.

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/ˌkoʊəˈfɪʃənt/

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/ˌkoʊ.ɪˈfɪʃənt/
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A coefficient before the symbol of a compound includes all the elements of the symbol, and shows the number of molecules.
Rufus P. (Rufus Phillips) WilliamsAn Introduction to Chemical ScienceProject Gutenberg ebook #3708
The temperature coefficient for the duration of life of cold-blooded organisms seems, however, to differ enormously from the temperature coefficient for their rate of development.
A. C. (Albert Charles) SewardDarwin and Modern ScienceProject Gutenberg ebook #1909
More book examples (3)
Provided there is no waste, it is a coefficient of all the forces, and no one can tell exactly to what extent it may be carried.
Carl von ClausewitzOn WarTranslated by J. J. (James John) GrahamProject Gutenberg ebook #1946
Smeaton, the pioneer, bade him obey his ‘feelings’; my father, that ‘power of estimating obscure forces which supplies a coefficient of its own to every rule.’
Robert Louis StevensonRecords of a Family of EngineersProject Gutenberg ebook #280
The two metals have a different coefficient of expansion, and while the feet fitted the tribrach at ordinary temperatures, they were quite loose at temperatures in the region of 20° Fahr.
Ernest Henry, Sir ShackletonSouth: The Story of Shackleton's Last Expedition, 1914-1917Project Gutenberg ebook #5199