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Definition of Coefficient
1. Noun. A constant number that serves as a measure of some property or characteristic.
Specialized synonyms: Absorptance, Absorption Coefficient, Coefficient Of Absorption, Coefficient Of Drag, Drag Coefficient, Coefficient Of Friction, Coefficient Of Mutual Induction, Mutual Inductance, Coefficient Of Self Induction, Self-inductance, Modulus, Coefficient Of Expansion, Expansivity, Coefficient Of Reflection, Reflectance, Reflection Factor, Reflectivity, Transmission, Transmittance, Absolute Viscosity, Coefficient Of Viscosity, Dynamic Viscosity, Weight, Weighting
Definition of Coefficient
1. a. Coöperating; acting together to produce an effect.
2. n. That which unites in action with something else to produce the same effect.
Definition of Coefficient
1. Adjective. cooperating ¹
2. Noun. (mathematics) A constant by which an algebraic term is multiplied. ¹
3. Noun. A number, value or item that serves as a measure of some property or characteristic. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Coefficient
1. [n -S]
Medical Definition of Coefficient
1. 1. The expression of the amount or degree of any quality possessed by a substance, or of the degree of physical or chemical change normally occurring in that substance under stated conditions. 2. The ratio or factor that relates a quantity observed under one set of conditions to that observed under standard conditions, usually when all variables are either 1 or a simple power of 10. Origin: L. Co-+ efficio (exfacio), to accomplish (05 Mar 2000)
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Literary usage of Coefficient
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Dictionary of Philosophy and Psychology: Including Many of the Principal by James Mark Baldwin (1901)
"It is possible that in lower forms of life the sensational coefficient is all
... It is through the 'memory coefficient' of reality of all sorts that the ..."
2. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1906)
"The coefficient of discharge by direct measurement in a calibrated hydraulic
cistern, (a) to verify existing constants, and (b) to find the coefficient of ..."
3. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London by Royal Society (Great Britain) (1905)
"For most hard materials the coefficient of volume elasticity is usually calculated
from measurements of Young's modulus or of the coefficient of rigidity, ..."
4. Transactions of the American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical and (1922)
"On several occasions, when the question of expansion was discussed, it was noted
that there was confusion in the use of the terms: the true coefficient of ..."
5. Nature by Norman Lockyer (1877)
"and Plana, gave a coefficient for the moon's mean motion agreeing with that found
from observation by Halley. i is a rera causa always acting, and must, ..."
6. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and (1910)
"The derived function, or differential coefficient, of a function /(*) is always
defined by the formula Rules for the formation of differential coefficients ..."
7. Bulletin by Ohio State Geologist, Ohio Division of Geological Survey (1904)
"Wm. D. Pence, of the Purdue University, Lafayette, Ind., with several of his
students, carried on a series of tests to determine the coefficient of ..."
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