HOW TO PRONOUNCE
coefficient
/ˌkoʊəˈfɪʃənt/
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Keep the opening long o secondary and the following vowel light, then finish with sh and a light unt.
4 syllables · Stress on syllable 3
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“The table includes a coefficient for each row.”
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CMU Pronouncing Dictionary ↗What does coefficient mean?
adjective
- Cooperating.
noun
- A constant by which an algebraic term is multiplied.
- An entry of a matrix.
More meanings (1)
noun
- A number, value, or item that serves as a measure of some property or characteristic.
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/ˌkoʊəˈfɪʃənt/
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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.
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.
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.
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.’
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.