COEFFICIENT
\kˌə͡ʊɪfˈɪʃənt], \kˌəʊɪfˈɪʃənt], \k_ˌəʊ_ɪ_f_ˈɪ_ʃ_ə_n_t]\
Definitions of COEFFICIENT
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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By Princeton University
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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That which unites in action with something else to produce the same effect.
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A number or letter put before a letter or quantity, known or unknown, to show how many times the latter is to be taken; as, 6x; bx; here 6 and b are coefficients of x.
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A number, commonly used in computation as a factor, expressing the amount of some change or effect under certain fixed conditions as to temperature, length, volume, etc.; as, the coefficient of expansion; the coefficient of friction.
By Oddity Software
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That which unites in action with something else to produce the same effect.
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A number or letter put before a letter or quantity, known or unknown, to show how many times the latter is to be taken; as, 6x; bx; here 6 and b are coefficients of x.
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A number, commonly used in computation as a factor, expressing the amount of some change or effect under certain fixed conditions as to temperature, length, volume, etc.; as, the coefficient of expansion; the coefficient of friction.
By Noah Webster.
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Any agent that works with another agent; any sign placed before another as a multiplier; as, in 3 y the coefficient is 3.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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That which acts together with another thing: (math.) the number of known quantity prefixed as a multiplier to a variable or unknown quantiy.
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COEFFICIENCY.
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COEFFICIENTLY.
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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Jointly efficient.
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A cooperating agent.
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A number or letter put before an algebraic expression showing how many times it is to be taken.
By James Champlin Fernald